Alliance of Health Service Unions
| Date: | 1987 |
|---|---|
| Organisation: | Alliance of Health Service Unions |
| Type: | Leaflet |
| View: | View Document |
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Commentary From The Cedar Lounge Revolution
26th June 2023
Any information on the date and provenance of the above document would be very helpful. We are trying to increase the number of documents in the Archive from trade union sources, so any donations gratefully accepted.
Update: Based on the fact that the Local Government and Public Services Union went in to IMPACT in 1991, and the nearest year before that on which 21st May fell on a Thursday, we’ve assumed this to be from 1987.
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By: pangurban Mon, 26 Jun 2023 06:55:38
pre 1993 to 4 as siptu hasn’t been formed
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By: Tomboktu Mon, 26 Jun 2023 07:12:56
In reply to pangurban.
Pre 1992 as IMPACT was formed in 1991.
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By: Tomboktu Mon, 26 Jun 2023 07:34:14
Pre 1992 as IMPACT was formed in 1991.
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By: WorldbyStorm Mon, 26 Jun 2023 07:38:31
In reply to Tomboktu.
Thanks a million. That’s handy to know.
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By: WorldbyStorm Mon, 26 Jun 2023 07:39:24
In reply to pangurban.
Thanks PB. Narrowing it down.
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By: Aonrud ⚘ Mon, 26 Jun 2023 11:32:45
If the Local Government and Public Services Union went into IMPACT in 1991, the nearest year when May 21st was a Thursday was 1987. Does that sound too early?
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By: Aonrud ⚘ Mon, 26 Jun 2023 11:45:30
In reply to Aonrud ⚘.
Looking further, it looks like there were health service strikes in 1987 (and then social partnership started later that year). There’s this article from June that year: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-06-14-mn-7404-story.html
And Wikipedia has a brief mention, but the reference is a dead link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_the_25th_D%C3%A1il#Health
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By: banjoagbeanjoe Mon, 26 Jun 2023 19:18:21
In reply to Aonrud ⚘.
Funny. I was involved a bit in LGPSU in the late eighties. And I thought the leaflet might be from back then. C1987. A time of general cutbacks in all public services and a redundancy programme in local government iirc.
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By: Tomboktu Mon, 26 Jun 2023 19:52:17
In reply to Aonrud ⚘.
On 1 June 1987, the Irish Times lead story was about hopes for an end to industrial action by the IMO, which isn’t one of the unions listed on the leaflet.
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By: Aonrud ⚘ Tue, 27 Jun 2023 10:25:28
In reply to Tomboktu.
Good idea – I had a look at the 22nd May 1987 and the front page story is “O’Hanlon hints at health funds increase”:
So that looks right.
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By: Shay Cody Irish Labour History Society Tue, 27 Jun 2023 11:06:54
The Alliance of Health Service Unions dates from 1987. There is a detailed account of the Alliance and it’s campaigns in Martin Maguire’s history of the LGPSU, Servants to the Public pages 263-6.
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