Zusammenfassung der Ressource
1913 Strike
& Lockout
- Causes
- Irish Transport and
General Workers Union
established to improve
workers' pay & conditions
- ITGWU tram
drivers went
on strike for
better pay
during Horse
Show Week
- William Martin Murphy of the
Employers' Federation wanted to
destroy the power of the ITGWU
- Events
- After strike starts union members locked out of work- leave ITGWU
- Employers use scabs
- Police attack
strikers- Sackville St
- Irish Citizen Army set up to
protect workers- James Connolly
- Workers depend on
soup kitchens
- Kiddies Scheme- attempt
to send strikers’ children
to homes in England
- Ship stopped by priests/mob
- Workers forced to go back to work or join
British army, union membership declines