the Cork Transport Workers' Union took possession of the Harbour Board's offices and assumed complete control of the local port, forming a workers' soviet until negotiations could be resolved.
The Cork Harbour Strike was a labor dispute that lasted from September 2nd to September 7th, 1921. It was the result of the refusal of the Cork Harbor Board to increase the wages of its workers to a minimum of 70s a week.
On September 6th, 1921, the Cork Transport Workers' Union took possession of the Harbour Board's offices and assumed complete control of the port.
According to the New York Times, "when the strikers took possession of the Harbour Board offices, they hoisted a red flag as a token of Soviet control and the strikers' leaders announced their intention of collecting dues from shipping agents and using them to pay members of the union."
The rebellion was short-lived, however, as negotiations between the Harbour Board and the strikers were reopened soon after, which came to a successful resolution. The revolt was not well-taken in the press.
The Irish Times wrote "To-day Irish Labour is permeated with a spirit of revolt against all the principles and conventions of ordered society. The country's lawless state in recent months is partly responsible for this sinister development, and the wild teachings of the Russian Revolution have fallen on willing ears."
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I thought I could avoid it. The bike shop told me not to do it, but I ended up rebuilding the freewheel (out of necessity).
Why?
Because it is a 45 year old bike I found in-between two dumpsters and they don't know I'm a machinist :). From their perspective, some guy with a beer belly walks into the shop with a crusty piece of garbage and is like "hey, do you guys sell the wrench I need to let all 80 of the ball bearings in here go flying all over the parking lot?" That's my guess.
In fairness, even the legendary Sheldon Brown said this was a bad idea: https://sheldonbrown.com/rebuild-freewheel.html, but I think the economics have shifted since his time. My understanding is that by the time you need to service a freewheel, everything else on the bike is super worn out and it might as well just be replaced, but 20 years later, every component of these bikes is packed with 50 year old grease and as long as they're not worn out, they can be cleaned and returned to service (I mean, look at those sprockets. They're barely worn out at all!).
From MY perspective, I have a low-wear bike of decent workmanship which I got for free, which I have been able to overhaul in every other way without needing to replace much aside from the cables and tires, so the time re-building all these bearings is worth it to me.
Hell yeah. How did the races look? Did you put in new bearings or were the old ones pristine?