Many more tributes have appeared online to STUC ex-general secretary Bill Speirs whose funeral was held in Renfrew on 1 October. Read on for links to over a dozen articles...
See Malcolm Burns' moving tribute in the Morning Star.
See latest BBC report http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8284754.stm
STV video tribute http://video.stv.tv/bc/news-090923speirsfull/
Holyrood's tribute to STUC 'giant'
Party leaders pay tribute to trade union legend
Hundreds pay respects at funeral of Bill Speirs
Hundreds at funeral of STUC giant Bill Speirs
George Galloway's emotional tribute at funeral of the union leader
Warm tributes at Speirs funeral
Hundreds mourn STUC man
Trusting the trust
‘Scotland has lost a special son... we will all miss him’
George Galloway’s emotional tribute at funeral of Speirs, the union leader he saw as “older, more sophisticated brother.”
Hundreds at tribute to union giant
Parties unite to say goodbye to 'great oak of politics' Bill Speirs
Hundreds of mourners pay tribute at funeral of trade union 'giant' Bill Speirs
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