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Key Events - Ulster Workers' Council (UWC) Strike
Text: Martin Melaugh ... Research: Fionnuala McKenna and Martin Melaugh
Material is added to this site on a regular basis - information on this page may change
The information on the UWC strike of 1974 is divided into a number of subsections; the headings of these subsections are listed below.
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Summary of the main events of the strike
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Selected reading list
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Background events leading up to the strike
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Chronology of events during the strike
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Details of the main events during the strike
- Chapter 3 from 'Fourteen May Days: The inside story of the Loyalist strike of 1974'
by Don Anderson (1994)
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Details of source material
- See also the related events of The Sunningdale Agreement
If any user has information about these events and is interested in making a contribution to the above pages, they should read the CAIN guidelines for contributions and then contact the CAIN Project Manager by email.
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