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Friday 29 Apr 1977
Amid heated political tensions, the unelected 'United Unionist Action Council' (UUAC) threatened a general strike across Northern Ireland from 3-13 May 1977 if the London (Westminster) government refused to take what the UUAC described as effective action against the IRA and reinstate the Northern Ireland government based on a system of majority rule. However, the UUAC did not have support from a number of significant work forces whose majority opposed the strike; these included both the Short's aircraft factory and the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
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29 April
Friday 29 Apr 1977
Amid heated political tensions, the unelected 'United Unionist Action Council' (UUAC) threatened a general strike across Northern Ireland from 3-13 May 1977 if the London (Westminster) government refused to take what the UUAC described as effective action against the IRA and reinstate the Northern Ireland government based on a system of majority rule. However, the UUAC did not have support from a number of significant work forces whose majority opposed the strike; these included both the Short's aircraft factory and the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
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29 April
Friday 29 Apr 1977
Amid heated political tensions, the unelected 'United Unionist Action Council' (UUAC) threatened a general strike across Northern Ireland from 3-13 May 1977 if the London (Westminster) government refused to take what the UUAC described as effective action against the IRA and reinstate the Northern Ireland government based on a system of majority rule. However, the UUAC did not have support from a number of significant work forces whose majority opposed the strike; these included both the Short's aircraft factory and the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast.
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