Lockout by Yeates Padraig

Lockout by Yeates Padraig

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Lockout is the story of the most famous labour dispute in Irish history. Union workers, led by James Larkin and supported by thousands of workers across Dublin, went on strike for better employment terms.

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Lockout by Yeates Padraig

Lockout is the story of the most famous labour dispute in Irish history.Union workers, led by James Larkin and supported by thousands of workers across Dublin, went on strike for better employment terms.

“This volume is essential reading for anyone interested in Irish labour, the history of industrial relations and … Dublin society in the early twentieth century”

-- Dermot Keogh * The Irish Times *

“… a concentrated, authentic and definitive account of an event that has had a major influence on the political, economic, social and cultural life of this country.”

 

-- John Carroll * Irish Independent *

Pádraig Yeates is a journalist, trade union activist and author. His other books include A City in Wartime: Dublin 1914-18 (2011) and A City in Turmoil: Dublin 1919-21 (2012). At present, he is Industry and Emplyment correspondent of The Irish Times. 

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ISBN 13 9780717128914
ISBN 10 0717128911
Title Lockout
Author Yeates Padraig
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Gill
Year published 2001-08-09
Number of pages 672
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.