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| untitled (george miller) barnes building, glasgow, 2006 masking tape on snack-dispensing machine dimensions not known a 19th century memorial to a young glaswegian killed for his activities as a member of the workers' union, recreated in period lettering on the glass front of a dispensing machine in the barnes building where i studied, which sold, among other things, soft drinks produced by the coca cola corporation. coca-cola have allegedly been involved in violent intimidation of union campaigners at their bottling plants in south america. the text reads: To the memory of
GEORGE MILLER who was Mortally stabbed at the Age of Nineteen on the 26th of Febry 1834 by one of those put to the callico printing trade for the purposes of Destroying a Union of regular workmen, formed to protect their wages. this monument was erected by his fellow operatives. |
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