Dublin store worker penalised for union activity is awarded six months’ pay

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This month in labour history

3-09-1913 Thousands attend the funeral of James Nolan, murdered by police, while hundreds of Dublin employers agree not to employ union members. [more]

7-09-1913 James Connolly begins a hunger-strike in protest at his imprisonment during the Dublin Lockout, he was released as a result. [more]

12-09-1913 Birth of Eugene Downing, Irish Communist who fought with the International Brigades in Spain. [more]

13-09-1913 James Connolly is released from prison after a four-day hunger strike during the Dublin Lockout. [more]

18-09-1903 James Connolly emigrates to America, where he will become an organiser for the Industrial Workers of the World before returning to Ireland in 1910. [more]

27-09-1913 The SS Hare sails into Dublin with food supplies for the locked-out workers. It flies the colours of the National Transport Workers Federation. [more]