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 do deal with back pain but nope, I just woke up and couldn't stop thinking. It's become a more frequent thing over the last year but this was the earliest I've ever gotten up. My dad came to visit me and he was talking about how he wakes up at 3 and I think it infected my brain
Oof thats been a lifelong thing for me, overthinking cant sleep. Good luck to you. (Also I have a parent that did that as well, so genetics?)
Thank you, I'm gonna try taking magnesium before bed because I can't be the guy that only gets 4 hours of sleep a night, I will lose it. Sorry your back pain wakes you up though thats brutal if it's common
If it wasn't back pain it would be cats just wanting to say hi in the middle of the night by putting a paw on my closed eye...weed gets me back to sleep so no biggie lol. I should look into some magnesium or other sleep aids as well.
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