Thanks @sabinehiller
RTE Video-interviews with Dunnes Stores workers tell how they ended up on strike following a #union instruction not to handle South African goods.
https://www.rte.ie/archives/exhibitions/1861-strikes-pickets-and-protests/469917-dunnes-stores-strike/
40 years ago, 11 #Dublin #supermarketworkers walked out on #strike to refuse the selling of #SouthAfrica fruit — an act of defiance that would make #Ireland the first Western nation to ban #apartheid goods.
https://tribunemag.co.uk/2024/07/the-dunnes-stores-strike-was-a-lesson-in-solidarity
#boycott #dunnesStrike #labormovement #retailworkers #organize #solidarity #workingclasshistory
#OnThisDay 19th of July 1984, the Dunnes Stores anti-apartheid strike began when Mary Manning refused to handle fruit imported from South Africa in protest against apartheid, following a decision taken by IDATU members the previous day.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/07/19/#event-5717
#IrishHistory #SouthAfrica #DunnesStrike #Apartheid #OTD #IDATU
Peter Riley
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