The Power of the People
17 February - 47 mins
Podcast Series
Documentary on Newstalk
Radio documentary ‘The Power of The People’ examines the significant impact of the ‘Dunnes Strikers’ on Ireland’s relations with South Africa and their contribution to the abolition of apartheid
On 19 July 1984 Mary Manning, a shop worker in Dunnes Stores on Henry Street in Dublin, refused to handle two grapefruit which had been imported from South Africa following an instruction from her union as a protest for the apartheid policies in place in the country. Mary was suspended and thus started what would become one of the longest running strikes in trade union history.
A new radio documentary produced by Kelly Crichton revisits the story, highlighting the tinder box atmosphere in Dunnes wh...
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