The memorial statue to Irish labor leader & trade union organiser, Big Jim Larkin (1846-1947), on O'Connell Street Dublin city center, with the G.P.O. visible on the left. In 1909 Larkin founded Ireland's first National trade union, the Irish Transport & General Workers Union, known today as SIPTU - The Services Industrial Professional & Technical Union, and in 1912 co-founded the Irish Labor party. |
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