Ulster Workers Council
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The Ulster Workers Council strike took place between 15 May and 28 May 1974. The strike was called in protest at the Sunningdale Agreement which would have given the Irish Government a say in the running of Northern Ireland. It succeeded in bringing down the power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive established under the Agreement.[1]
Co-ordinating Committee
- Glen Barr Chairman
- Harry Murray
- Billy Kelly
- Tom Beattie
- Ian Paisley
- Harry West
- William Craig
- Andy Tyrie
- Ken Gibson
- Bob Marno
- George Greene
- Hugh Petrie
- Peter Brush[2]
According to Robert Fisk there were at least two further members of the Committee whose names were not publicised because they belonged to organisations which were illegal.[3]
External Resources
Notes
- ↑ Martin Melaugh, Ulster Workers' Council Strike - Summary of Main Events, CAIN Web Service, University of Ulster, accessed 26 July 2009.
- ↑ Robert Fisk, The Point of No Return, The Strike which broke the British in Ulster, André Deutsch, 1975, pp 44-45.
- ↑ Robert Fisk, The Point of No Return, The Strike which broke the British in Ulster, André Deutsch, 1975, pp 44-45.
