Motion · S5M-19919 · 18 Nov 2019
Nae Pasaran! Bob’s Engine Returns to East Kilbride
The motion
That the Parliament welcomes that "Bob’s Engine", number 15607, the first of General Pinochet of Chile’s eight engines to be boycotted by the workers at Rolls Royce, East Kilbride in 1974, has been returned to Scotland permanently; thanks Andy Kerr and Stewart McKillop, Chair and Principal respectively of East Kilbride’s South Lanarkshire College for offering the permanent siting of the engine in the college grounds; considers that engine number 15607 is a tribute to East Kilbride’s industrial history and a lasting monument to workers’ solidarity across the world; congratulates trade union activists Bob Fulton, Robert Somerville, John Keenan, Stuart Barrie and their colleagues on their democratic stance in 1974, as well as film-maker Felipe Bustos Sierra for his determination to tell this inspiring story, and wishes the people of Chile well in striving towards a democratic future for their nation.
Supporters (23)
- George Adam Scottish National Party 18 Nov 2019
- Annabelle Ewing 18 Nov 2019
- Emma Harper 18 Nov 2019
- Bill Kidd 18 Nov 2019
- Monica Lennon 18 Nov 2019
- Richard Lyle 18 Nov 2019
- Rona Mackay 18 Nov 2019
- John Mason 18 Nov 2019
- Joan McAlpine 18 Nov 2019
- Graham Simpson Reform UK 18 Nov 2019
- Stewart Stevenson 18 Nov 2019
- David Torrance Scottish National Party 18 Nov 2019
- Sandra White 18 Nov 2019
- Andy Wightman 18 Nov 2019
- Gil Paterson 19 Nov 2019
- Elaine Smith 19 Nov 2019
- Jenny Gilruth Scottish National Party 20 Nov 2019
- Clare Adamson Scottish National Party 21 Nov 2019
- Angela Constance Scottish National Party 21 Nov 2019
- Fulton MacGregor Scottish National Party 22 Nov 2019
- Tom Arthur Scottish National Party 25 Nov 2019
- Neil Findlay 26 Nov 2019
- Gillian Martin Scottish National Party 26 Nov 2019
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.