Irish Left Archive

#OnThisDay 3rd of October 1932, the Outdoor Relief workers strike in Belfast began. The strike followed a series of marches throughout the Summer.

The “outdoor relief” scheme offered poor pay for hard labour on public works to the growing number of unemployed workers in the city. The unsustainable levels of poverty resulted in cross-community action.

https://www.leftarchive.ie/calendar/on-this-day/10/03/#event-7912