HUNDREDS of Glaswegians gathered yesterday to unveil a new memorial to rent strike pioneer Mary Barbour.

The leftwinger led Glasgow’s campaign against unscrupulous private landlords who took advantage of high demand for housing during the first world war.

Rents skyrocketed as thousands of workers flocked to Glasgow’s shipyards and munitions factories, but Barbour fought back by leading a rent strike by 20,000 tenants in 1915.