(en) WSM.ie, Exploring the Lessons of the 1913 Lockout and its Legacy for Today - DABF 2013

2013 marks the 100th anniversary of what many see as the most significant industrial 
dispute ever to have taken place in Ireland - the Dublin Lockout. The employers of Dublin, 
led by William Martin Murphy, locked out over 20,000 workers in an attempt to starve them 
into submission and to smash the increasingly popular Irish Transport and General Workers 
Union (ITGWU). ---- One of the 2013 Anarchist Bookfair highlights was a meeting at which a 
panel of speakers explored the legacy of 1913 and its lessons for the trade union movement 
of today. Padraig Yeates (author of ?Lockout?), Brian Hanley (historian and author), Mary 
Muldowney (author of many books and articles on women?s labour history) and Gregor Kerr 
(WSM member and Irish National Teachers Organisation activist) each took a unique look at 
the relevance of 1913 and why it retains such importance among trade union organisers and 
activists one hundred years on.

You can listen to the audio of tha meeting via our Mixcloud account or on the player below

Exploring the Lessons of the 1913 Lockout and its Legacy for Today - DABF 2013 by Workers 
Solidarity on Mixcloud http://i.mixcloud.com/CCT4ju