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Rosie Hackett was a trade unionist and a participant in the 1916 Easter Rising. Her name is one of the final 17 suggestions for the new bridge crossing the River Liffey at Marlborough Street in Dublin. Hackett was born in Dublin in 1892 and joined the Irish Transport and General Workers Union (ITGWU) in its founding year in 1909. Hackett was working as a messenger at the Jacob’s Factory when the men went on strike in 1911. Many women went on strike to show their support for the men. At only 18 years old, Hackett organized more than 3,000 women in a successful labor protest that won women better working conditions and a wage increase. Two weeks later she co-founded the Irish Women Workers Union, which protested the rough conditions in which women were expected to work. In 1913 trade unionist leader Jim Larkin called on ITGWU members to strike in response to William Martin Murphy’s demand that his employees foreswear ITGWU membership. Murphy locked out the workers and brought in strike breakers to work. Fighting between police and unemployed strikers was common. The Irish Citizen Army (ICA) was formed to help train workers to defend themselves and combat the demoralizing feeling of unemployment. During the Dublin Lockout, Hackett lost her job at Jacob’s Factory. Roughly 20,000 workers went on strike for more than four months. After the Dublin Lockout she went on to train as a printer. She joined the ICA and fought during the 1916 Easter Rising. She was part of the small group that printed the Proclamation and gave it, with the ink still wet to James Connolly. Hackett was part of the ICA forces that occupied the Royal College of Surgeons at Stephen’s Green under the command of Michael Mallin and Countess Markievicz. Following the Irish defeat, she was sent to Kilmainham Jail. The ICA was not revived after the Rising and the ITGWU focused its energies on increasing union membership, protecting members’ wages, and improving working conditions. After her release from Kilmainham Jail, she reorganized the Irish Women Workers Union with Louie Bennett and Helen Chenevix. The IWWU worked for women’s right to apply to the same jobs as men and be accorded the same status. By 1918 the IWWU had 5,000 members. Hackett later worked in the Eden Quay Co-Operative for over 40 years. In 1970 she received the gold medal for giving 60 years of her life to the Trade Union Movement. She passed away six years later at the age of 84. There is currently a campaign on Facebook to name the new Liffey bridge after her.
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Tá laoch aitheanta inniu, an 20/5/2014, lena h-ainm ar dhroichead nua idir Droichead Uí Chonaill & Droichead Butt. Níl mé ag magadh faoin gceann sin ;). Ach scríobh tú ‘Laoch.’ Scríobh. An gceapann tú nach bhfuil ach fir ina laochra? Ní haon ionadh é is dóigh, an chaoi a scríobhann na fir an stair. Níl cead isteach ag mná sa scéal go minic. An bhfuil an No Entry sin scríofa as Béarla amháin? Droichead Rosie Hackett thar an Life againn anois agus, nach mbeadh ‘fhios agat, an chéad droichead ar an Life ainmnithe i gcuimhne ar bhean! O no, níl aon gnéasachas in Éirinn. Muid an-modern go deo! ‘Cérbh í Rosie Hackett?’ a deireann tú? Dáiríre? Níor chuala tú fúithi? Bhuel, ní minic a chloistear faoi na mná sa stair, faraor! So, léigh anois & ná déan dearmad uirthi. Níl ‘fhios agam cé acu is measa: Anglicizations nó bheith ag cur leagan Gaelach ar ainm nach Gaeilge é. An tUasal I Lár na Páirce a bheas againn ar Mr. Tanaka as seo amach is dóigh. Aaa! Foighne. Rosanna Hackett 1892-1976 Ceardchumannach a bhí i Rosie cosúil le James Larkin nó Séamais Uí Conghaile. Chuala tú faoi Larkin. Raight. B’í Rosie a d’eagraigh stailc na mban ag Jacob’s Biscuits i 1911. Bhí Rosie 18 bliana d’aois ag an am is bhí cúrsaí go dona sa mhonarcan sin ach d’éirigh le Rosie 3000 mná a tharraingt léi ar son na cúise. D’éirigh leo. Dhá sheachtain ina dhiaidh sin bunaíodh an ITGWU. Le Delia Larkin bhunaigh Rosie an Irish Women Workers’ Union i 1911 agus d’oibrigh sí leis an ITGWU freisin. Ní leor sin? Bhí lámh láidir ag Rosie sa Frithdhúnadh i 1913. Ní raibh ‘fhios agat sin? I 1913 nuair a chuaigh na fir ar na trams ar stailc b’í Rosie a d’eagair na mná i Jacobs le dul ar stailc mar thacaíocht dóibh. Is nuair a bhí cúrsaí go dona ar fad is daoine gan airgead, gan bia, ba í Rosie a bhailigh daoine le chéile le anraith is bia ag tabhairt do na boicht ó Halla an Saoirse. Rosie le mná an Irish Women Workers Union ‘Ach níl sé contúirteach bheith ag obair i gcistin,’ a deireann tú? ‘Ní raibh sí i mbaol agus ní laoch í,’ a deireann tú? Ball d’Arm Cathartha na hÉireann a bhí inti chomh maith & lámh láidir aici san Éirí Amach i 1916. Níor chuala tú an chuid sin den scéal cheana déarfainn! Cloistear an scéal go minic faoi Constance Markievicz i bhFaiche Stiabhna & ag an gColáiste Ríoga na Máinleá (bhfuil sé fós ríoga agus má tá, cén fáth?) san Éirí Amach ach bhí Rosie ansin léi. Nuair a theip ar an Éirí Amach cuireadh i bPríosún Chill Mhaighneann Rosie ar feadh 10 lá. Ba chlódóir í chomh maith & chuidigh sí leis an bhForógra na Poblachta 1916 a phriontáil. Ba í Rosie a thug an Forógra (fós fliuch) go James Connolly. D’inis sí do dhaoine go raibh na fir in éindí le Connolly an uair sin ag tabhairt amach gur tugadh cead isteach sa seomra do bhean! O na laochra fadó! Ná ceap gurbh naoimh iad. Bean chliste a sheas an fód ar son na tíre & cearta daonna a bhí i Rosie Hackett agus tá súil agam go bhfeicfimid i bhfad níos mó fúithi sna leabhair staire sna scoileanna as seo amach.