What type of details about sammy barr can be gathered from the following bio? Bio: samuel alexander '' sammy '' barr was a british shipyard worker , trade unionist , and upper clyde shipbuilders -lrb- ucs -rrb- work-in veteran . barr was an '' inspiring speaker '' and organiser who was a '' widely respected shop steward '' of the boilermakers ' society at the time of the '' historic work-in '' at the ucs in 1971 . barr was credited with coming up with the idea for a work-in , which gained a lot of publicity and forced the uk government into a reversal , saving 6,000 jobs at the shipyard . barr was a lifelong friend to fellow ucs activists jimmy airlie and sammy gilmore . throughout his life he displayed '' considerable political commitment '' to the right to work , and protection for the rights of young working people , and also particularly to the protection of the clyde shipyards . richard leonard writes that '' he was unquestionably one of the outstanding trade unionists of his generation , which was a generation of outstanding trade unionists '' .
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