New Podcast. The Irish Women Workers Union (The Risen People Podcast series)

The latest episode from ‘The Risen People’ podcast series features discussion of the Irish Women Workers Union (IWWU) by Society Honorary Presdient historian Theresa Moriarty. This was recorded at an event held in Liberty Hall, Dublin earlier this year to mark the centenary of the foundation of the Workers’ Union of Ireland.

It can be listened back to on Spotify or via Acast link  The IWWU: A Union of Resistance and Hope. – The Risen People Podcast | Acast

In the summer of 1945, a group of union women did something extraordinary. They went on strike for a second week’s paid holiday and won

This week, marks the end of their strike, This brave action is considered one of the most pivotal chapters in the IWWU movement of resistance and hope. The fruits of their strength and resistance is something that all workers in Ireland today enjoy.

In this episode of the Risen People Podcast, we hear this story and other stories of members of the Irish Women Workers Union, led by Delia Larkin, Helena Malony and Louie Bennett.

Labour Historian Theresa Moriarty provides a brief illustrated history of the Irish Women Workers’ Union, an organisation founded in 1911.