Dublin honours anti-apartheid strikers

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:31:48 +0000
MANDATE, Strikes, Workplace, Dublin, News

In 1984 ten young women and one young man, members of MANDATE trade union, started a long strike at Dunnes Stores in Dublin's Henry Street. They walked the picket line in support of their union's policy of solidarity with the anti-apartheid struggle and boycotting South African products.

It only ended when the government agreed to ban the import of South African fruit & veg until the apartheid regime was overthrown.