Effective Trade Unionism - Softcover

James Connolly

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1909639621 ISBN 13: 9781909639621

Publisher: Workers' Liberty, 2022

Synopsis

Aiming to replace capitalism with socialism, James Connolly’s organising and ideas evolved considerably. One idea he clung to from the turn of the century to his death in 1916 was industrial unionism, workers’ solidarity across grades and trades and sympathetic strikes. That is how he saw his work with Larkin on the Irish Transport Union: a union for an industry and the members watching the moment until they could take over running the industry. His articles on that theme have never previously been collected compactly, and many appear in this booklet for the first time in full since original publication. With an introduction by Liam McNulty and Sean Matgamna.

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About the Author

Born Edinburgh, Scotland of Irish parents – joined the British Army as a teenager - active in the socialist movement in Edinburgh in the early 1890s – came to Ireland in 1896 and founded the Irish Socialist Republican Party – emigrated to USA in 1903 – member of Socialist Labor Party, then an organiser for Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and the Socialist Party – returned to Ireland in 1910 – Belfast organiser of the Irish Transport and General Workers Union, 1910 – a leader of the Transport Union in the great Dublin Labour War of 1913-14 and of the Irish Citizen Army – killed by the British authorities following his part in the 1916 Easter Rising.

Edition details

• Publisher: Workers' Liberty
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1909639621
• ISBN 13: 9781909639621
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64
• Editor: Sean Matgamna