Dublin lock-out

The Dublin lock-out
The Dublin lock-out
	Dublin Metropolitan Police break up a union rally
Date	26 August 1913 – 18 January 1914
Location	Dublin, Ireland
Caused by	Poor working conditions; Lack of workers rights; Inability to unionise;
Goals	Improved working conditions; Granting of right to unionise;
Methods	Strikes, rallies, walkouts
Resulted in	Strikers go back to work; Many workers sign pledges not to join ITGWU; ITGWU badly damaged; Principle of unionisation accepted; Formation of the Irish Citizen Army;
Parties
Workers Organizations ITGWU; UBLU; Irish Citizen Army; Supported by TUC;	Employers & Companies DUTC; DBTEA; Supported by Dublin Corporation; Dublin Metropolitan Police; Roman Catholic Church;
Lead figures
	James Larkin; James Connolly; Jack White William Martin Murphy
Number
20,000 workers	300 employers
Casualties and losses
	200 policemen injured
	2 dead, several hundred injured

The Dublin lock-out was a major industrial dispute between approximately 20,000 workers and 300 employers that took place in Dublin, Ireland. The dispute, lasting from 26 August 1913 to 18 January 1914, is often viewed as the most severe and significant industrial dispute in Irish history. Central to the dispute was the workers' right to unionise.

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