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Belfast strike of 1919 paved the way for shorter working week

The strike committee produced their own leaflet
Mairead Holland
THIS week 100 years ago, Belfast came to an almost-complete standstill with the start of the biggest industrial strike in the history of the city. The four-week-long walk-out involved 40,000 shipyard[...]

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