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{{Short description|Major industrial dispute which took place in Dublin, Ireland}} {{other uses of|Lockout}} {{more footnotes needed|date=August 2013}} {{EngvarB|date=October 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox civil conflict | title = The Dublin lock-out | side3 = | partof = | image = [[File:1913lockout.jpg|300px]] | caption = [[Dublin Metropolitan Police]] break up a union rally | date = 26 August 1913 β 18 January 1914 | place = [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]] | coordinates = | causes = {{blist|Poor working conditions|Lack of workers' rights|Inability to unionise}} | goals = {{blist|Improved working conditions|Granting of right to unionise}} | methods = Strikes, rallies, walkouts | status = | result = {{blist|Strikers go back to work|Many workers sign pledges not to join ITGWU|ITGWU badly damaged|Principle of unionisation accepted|Formation of the [[Irish Citizen Army]]}} | side1 = '''Workers organizations''' {{blist|[[Irish Transport and General Workers' Union|ITGWU]]|[[United Builders' Labourers' Union|UBLU]]|[[Irish Citizen Army]]}} '''Supported by''' {{blist|[[Trades Union Congress|TUC]]}} | side2 = '''Employers & companies''' {{blist|[[Dublin United Transport Company|DUTC]]|[[Dublin Building Trades Employers' Association|DBTEA]]}} '''Supported by''' {{blist|[[Dublin Corporation]]|[[Dublin Metropolitan Police]]|[[Catholic Church in Ireland|Roman Catholic Church]]}} | leadfigures1 = [[James Larkin]]<br>[[James Connolly]]<br>[[Jack White (trade unionist)|Jack White]] | leadfigures2 = [[William Martin Murphy]] | leadfigures3 = | howmany1 = 20,000 workers | howmany2 = 300 employers | howmany3 = | casualties1 = | casualties2 = 200 policemen injured | casualties3 = 2 dead, several hundred injured | injuries = | fatalities = | arrests = | detentions = | charged = | fined = | casualties_label = | notes = }} The '''Dublin lock-out''' was a major [[industrial dispute]] between approximately 20,000 workers and 300 employers that took place in [[Dublin]], Ireland. The dispute, lasting from 26 August 1913 to 18 January 1914, is often viewed as the most severe and significant industrial dispute in [[Irish history]]. Central to the dispute was the workers' [[labour rights|right to unionise]].
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