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110Christopher Norton, Unionist PolitiCs" the BelfastShipyards and the Labour Movement In the IilterWar period, (PhD, Queen's Univeristy, Belfast, 1987)This thesis looks at developments within Unionistand Labour politics in Ulster during the period 1920 tothe early 1930's. In particular it seeks to explain whythe Protestant working class accepted the leadership ofa politically conservative Unionist Party, why it supportedthe Northern Ireland State, and why it rejectedindependent socialist politics. These actions have, innumerous accounts of Northern Ireland's Labour history,been characterised as 'irrational' or 'reactionary'and have been explained in terms of 'manipulation','privilege', 'sectarianism' or through the' notion of the'labour aristocracy'. Rejecting these forms ofcharacterisationand blanket explanation as empirically unfounded,this thesis undertakes a detailed analysis ofwhat is generally accepted as the most politically significantsection of the Protestant working class: theBelfast shipyard workers. The thesis emphasises theheterogeneous nature of the workforce which is shown'" SAOTHAR 13.to be not only occupationally but also politically andideologically baSed. It also outlines withm the shipyardworkforce, the existence of two contrasting and competingpolitical and ideological traditions which can bedesignated 'sectarian' and 'labour and trade union'.The dominance of sectarian ideological traditions andpolitical practices in the shipyards of 1920 (most visiblydemonstrated in the July expulsions of that year)and their effects on the workforce and on the Unionistpolitical leadership are dealt with at some length. Thethesis also examines how the policies of the NorthernIreland State, after its establishment in 1921, wereaffected by Protestant middle class and working class. non-sectarian traditions.This appreciation of the complexity of Unionistpolitics allows for a greater understanding of Governmentpolicy decisions of the time and the divisions thatthey caused within the State. Finally the thesis analysesthe political organisations of the Left in order to determinethe reasons for their failure to attract appreciableworking class support ..POSTAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONWORKERS' UNIONThe Executive Committee of the Postal and TelecommunicationWorkers' Union extends fraternal support to the IrishLabour History Society in the important task of developing anunderstanding of Irish working class history.PTWU is affiliated to the Irish Congress of TradeUnions, theLabour Party and the Postal Telegraph and Telephone International.The Union's monthly organ is The Postal Worker.PTWU Head Office: 52, Parnell Square, Dublin 1.
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ContentsPageEditorial: Labour Histo
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CorrespondenceThe Irish Labour Part
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LOUIE BENNEIT 41Bennett's own relat
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LODIE BENNETT 43109; IWWU resolutio
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Essays in ReviewCosherers, Wanderer
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ESSAYS IN REVIEW 49ConnolIy:Myth an
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ESSAYS IN ~EVIEW 51tion' in the Int
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ESSAYS IN REVIEW53International:'I
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REVIEWScontroversy is real history.
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REVIEWSJoe Monks was among the earl
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Page 79 and 80: ESSAYS 779. For comparisons see E.T
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Page 83 and 84: ESSAYS' 81Fianna Fail and the Worki
Page 85 and 86: ESSAYS 83Eireann in 1925 visibly di
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Page 91 and 92: ESSAYS89The Irish Immigrants' Contr
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Page 95 and 96: ESSAYS 93McCowie played a key role
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Page 99 and 100: ESSAYS 97young girl of their own ba
Page 101 and 102: SourcesIrish Labour History Society
Page 103 and 104: SOURCES 101INovember, 1971 to no. 1
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Page 107 and 108: SOURCES105Sources for Irish Labour
Page 109 and 110: SOURCES 107NorthWest Archives and L
Page 111: SOURCES 109In 1966 the Finnish gove
Page 115 and 116: REMINISCENCE 113us due to my politi
Page 117 and 118: REMINISCENCE 115when Jim was presen
Page 119 and 120: REMINISCENCE 117of Dail Eireann. 17
Page 121 and 122: REMINISCENCE 119NotesThe above arti
Page 123 and 124: DOCUMENT STUDY 121James Connolly in
Page 125 and 126: DOCUMENT STUDY123SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC
Page 127 and 128: DOCUMENT STUDY 125proletariat of th
Page 129 and 130: DOCUMENT STUDY 127the support of Je
Page 131 and 132: DOCUMENT STUDY 12926. The Workers'
Page 133 and 134: 131BibliographyA Bibliography of Ir
Page 135 and 136: BIBLIOGRAPHY 133Compton, P.A. Demog
Page 137 and 138: BIBLIOGRAPHY 135Levine, I. and Madd
Page 139 and 140: BIBLIOGRAPHY 137Turner, M. 'Towards
Page 141 and 142: BIBLIOGRAPHY 1394. Land and Agricul
Page 143 and 144: BIBLIOGRAPHY 141Clogher Record12 (2
Page 145 and 146: BIBLIOGRAPHY 143Political Research
Page 147 and 148: BIBLIOGRAPHY 145Pres, 1987.O'Brien,
Page 149 and 150: 147Notes on Contributorsf onathanBe
Page 151 and 152: 1901: Ireland's first general union
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