The 1913 Lockout, Trade Unionism and Dublin’s Inner City,

The Future on the March

As part of a weekend commemorating the Inner City Looking-on Festival of 1982, there will be a symposium in Liberty Hall to explore work, trade unionism and  the 1913 Lockout from the perspectives of men and women, focusing on the story of the Lockout, from Padraig Yeates, pre-eminent historian of those events, Dock workers and trade unionism 1912 – 2012, from Francis Devine, author of the official history of SIPTU, and female activists, like Rosie Hackett, from Mary Muldowney, author and founder of the Oral History Network of Ireland. Audience participation welcome.