On 4 May 1976 Rosie Hackett died. She was a nationalist, a trade unionist, and a workers' rights activist. She was only 18 when she led workers at Jacob's Biscuits to strike for better conditions. She went to form the Irish Women Worker's Union with Delia Larkin, Jim Larkin's sister. She took part in the Easter Rising as a nurse.

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Given the industrial action going on in UK Higher Education, this seems fitting to post:

https://youtu.be/TbTMxJSFN3Y

Joe Duffy reading from Jim Larkin's oration at Joe Hill's funeral, followed by Luke Kelly's beautiful rendition of the song Joe Hill.
The funeral itself was on Thanksgiving day 1915.
Topics: #ucuRising #strike history of US #labor #JoeHill #JimLarkin