Loyalism and Labour in Belfast
The Autobiography of Robert McElborough, 1884-1952
Robert McElborough was a Belfast trade unionist of little education, who spent most of his life living in the Sandy Row district and working on the tramways and in the gas industry. An active organizer in two loyalist trade unions, he fought proudly on the workers side for wages and conditions as a descendant of an Ulster Scot. This selection from his autobiography provides a unique record of Protestant working-class life, and a trenchant commentary on the mistreatment of workers by their masters. It also chronicles the tension between English union bosses and Ulster trade unionists, and McElborough's support for Ulster-based unions uncontami…
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Weitere Autoren: O'Connor, Emmet / Parkhill, Trevor
- ISBN: 978-1-85918-278-9
- EAN: 9781859182789
- Produktnummer: 1546932
- Verlag: Cork University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 96 S.
- Masse: H20.2 cm x B12.9 cm x D0.8 cm 104 g
- Gewicht: 104
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