Lunchtime Talks on the Belfast Dockers Strike 1907

dublin | worker & community struggles and protests | event notice Wednesday September 19, 2007 10:03 by William James Walker Connolly

Tuesdays in October in Dublin City Hall

Dublin City Libraries in association with SIPTU are holding 5 lunchtime talks in Dublin City Hall, Dame St, Dublin. The talks take place on Tuesday 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 Oct from1.10pm to 1.45pm. Admission is free and all are welcome.

JIM LARKIN AND 1907: THE CENTENARY OF THE BELFAST DOCK STRIKE
LUNCHTIME LECTURES IN DUBLIN CITY HALL

It’s a 100 years since 1907 and Dublin City Libraries are running a series of free lunchtime lectures in Dublin City Hall in October. SIPTU are sponsoring. The talks are on Tuesdays 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 Oct from 1.10pm to 1.45pm. ALL ABOUT THE BELFAST DOCKERS STRIKE OF 1907.

2 Oct: City in Revolt: Jim Larkin and the Belfast Dockers’ and Carters’ Strike 1907 by John Gray, Linenhall Library Belfast
9 Oct: Women workers and Belfast, 1907 by Theresa Moriarty, Irish Labour History Society
16 Oct: The RIC and the Belfast Strike by Hugh Forrester, Curator, Police Museum, Belfast
23 Oct: Belfast 1907: Context and Consequences by Henry Patterson, University of Ulster
30 Oct: Belfast 1907: Foundation stone of the Irish Transport and General Workers Union by Francis Devine, SIPTU College

More info from 01 2222204 or 01 6744996. I’m sure it’s all on the City Council website but I’m not IT savvy enough to link. I got the info from a leaflet in my local library in Dublin. LET’S CELEBRATE WORKERS UNITY IN 1907!