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News from Ireland:
Irish Nurses Strike for Better Pay

By Darina Molloy
January 2000
By Darina Molloy
January 2000

July 13, 2021 by </a> By Darina Molloy<br/> <a href=“https://irishamerica.com/archives/2000-archive/january-2000/”>January 2000</a> Leave a Comment

Hospitals in Ireland came to a standstill in late October when the country's 28,000 nurses started strike action over a long-running pay dispute. Despite last minute talks between union representatives and the government, the industrial action went ahead as scheduled, making it the first time in the history of the State that nurses had gone on strike. A spokeswoman for the … [Read more...] about News from Ireland:
Irish Nurses Strike for Better Pay

Irish Nurses Strike for Fair Pay

By Maggie Holland, Editorial Assistant
March / April 2019

March 1, 2019 by By <a href="https://irishamerica.com/2019/05/maggie-holland/">Maggie Holland</a>, Editorial Assistant<br/> <a href="https://irishamerica.com/archives/2019-archive/march-april-2019/">March / April 2019</a> Leave a Comment

Ireland’s nurses went on strike on January 30 in a dispute over pay and staff shortages. There were three separate 24-hour stoppages and a planned three-day strike set for February 12, until the strike was suspended February 11 for three weeks as part of a recommendations by the Labour Court. The strike was organized by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organization (INMO) and the … [Read more...] about Irish Nurses Strike for Fair Pay

September 19, 1880

The term “boycotting”- a form of non-violent protesting – entered the English language on this day in 1880. Coined by Charles Stewart Parnell in his speech on land tenants at Ennis, he said, “I wish to point out a better way, a more Christian way which will give the lost man an opportunity of repenting. When a man takes a farm from which another has been evicted, you must shun him on the roadside, on the streets, in the shop and even in the place of worship by putting him in a ‘moral Coventry.’ You must show him your detestation of the crime he has committed.”

News from Ireland:
Irish Nurses Strike for Better Pay

Irish Nurses Strike for Fair Pay

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