UWC Strike

Gordon Gillespie-Why Sunningdale was never going to work

Soapbox on May 20, 2014, 4:30 pm

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As it is the 40th anniversary of the UWC Strike we asked Dr.Gordon Gillespie who completed his doctoral research on the strike to write up a piece on why he feels that Sunningdale was always doomed to failure. Forty years ago this month the first attempt to create a cross community executive in Northern Ireland ended in failure. The political strength of loyalist power station workers allied with paramilitary force on the streets and backed by broad unionist support forced …

Sunningdale, The UWC Strike and their legacies. 23rd May 2014, PRONI.

David McCann on May 14, 2014, 5:30 pm

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The Public Records Office of Northern Ireland Friday, 23 May 2014 9am – 4pm The 40th anniversary of the establishment of the first power-sharing executive is an opportunity to reflect on the nature of democratic practice in Northern Ireland. This one-day conference is open to the public and aims to explore not only the reasons for the sudden demise of the ‘Sunningdale Assembly’ during the Ulster Workers’ Council Strike but also the divided legacies that that demise bestowed on Northern …