Dublin,1913. Collaborative collective bargaining
In 1990-1992 I wrote the draft of Conor Kostick's plagiarised piece of literature, Revolution in Ireland 1913-1923. In those years of transformation and change everywhere,I failed to accept mediation in labour affairs or to accept how in 1913 labour and Irish capital buried the hatchet to some extent and a revolutionary-democratic process began which eventually gave rise to collaborative collective bargaining. The consensus or agreed bargaining and mediation process eased Ireland's path to reasonable working class prosperity and minimal standards of social provision. There may still be 'the little old lady upstairs' dropping weights on the floor during the hours of darkness in shared accommodation where radical journalists lodge, however. That occurs at the instigation of balls of shit like Garda Det. Chief Inspector Pat Harte, Garda Chief Superintendent Dave Taylor and headbangers in Enniskillen and Lisnaskea Police Stations. Are these sweepings of the gut...