A Revolutionary Worker 'Born out of the Struggle': James Fearon and the Newry Dock Strike

by Chris Patton

The 1907 dock strike in Newry was small in comparison with the earlier events in Belfast but did not lack in intensity. It reflected both the intervention of Syndicalism and the extreme hardship endured by the town's workers. Conditions were appalling, unsafe working conditions, industrial disease, a contaminated environment, and the injustices of the stevedore system contributed to a popular mood of revolt.

The strike may not have had either...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0C2SPBV63
• ISBN13: 9798391079354
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"