What the records say
- When
- 1984 – 1987
- Kind
- Strike
- Coordinates
- 53.00° N, 8.00° W
- Description
- three-year strike against apartheid in South Africa between 1984 and 1987 which led, in due course, to the Irish government banning the importation of South African goods into Ireland
- Cause
- apartheid
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Dunnes Stores strike
Irish anti-apartheid strike (1984–87)
Workers at a Dunnes Stores shop in Ireland staged a three-year strike against apartheid in South Africa between 1984 and 1987, which eventually led to the Irish Government banning the importation of South African goods into Ireland. Mary Manning, as instructed by her trade union, was the first to refuse to handle the fruit.
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