Description
"The Ulster Workers' Council (UWC) strike took place between Wednesday 15 May 1974 to Tuesday 28 May 1974. The strike was called in protest at the political and security situation in Northern Ireland and more particular at the proposals in the Sunningdale Agreement which would have given the government of the Republic of Ireland a direct say in the running of the region. The strike lasted two weeks and succeeded in bringing down the power-sharing Northern Ireland Executive. Responsibility for the government of Northern Ireland then reverted to the British Parliament at Westminster under the arrangements for 'Direct Rule'."
Timeline Event Associations
Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
Northern Ireland Downing Street Joint Declaration (1993)
Source Information
Robert Fisk, in the preface to his book The Point of No Return: The Strike Which Broke the British in Ulster (Fisk, 1975).