pic8428. Dunnes shopworkers at County Hall, London

pic8428. Dunnes shopworkers at County Hall, London

In 1984 a Dunnes supermarket shopworker in Dublin, Mary Manning, was sacked for refusing to check out Outspan oranges from South Africa. Eleven of her colleagues went on strike to demand her reinstatement. In the photograph are Dunnes strikers Cathryn O’Reilly and Mary Manning with GLC members Ken Livingstone and Valerie Wise.

Category: 1980s
Copyright: Rob Scott
Holding Institution: AAM Archive, Bodleian Library
Catalogue: MSS AAM 2413
Date/Year: 1984