Working Class Action

Working Class Action (WCA)
Type Campaign group
Headquarters Dublin, Ireland
Spokespeople
 Joe Mooney,
Cieran Perry

Working Class Action (WCA) was a left-wing campaign group based in Dublin, largely in the North Inner City and Cabra. The group campaigned on a number of issues such as against service charges (Anti-Bin Tax Campaign), against the Nice Treaty,[1] against drugs and crime in inner city areas of Dublin and in industrial disputes such as on the closure of the Irish Glass bottle company.[2]

Elections

As part of the Anti-bin charges campaigns two WCA members Cieran Perry (Cabra) and Joe Mooney (North Inner City)[3] stood unsuccessfully for election. Perry was less than 100 votes from being elected.[4] Perry successfully ran as an independent in Cabra in the 2009 local elections. He also backed the election of Maureen O'Sullivan in the Dublin Central by-election. Perry was elected to the Dublin City Council. The WCA seems to be inactive for some time.

Notes

  1. ↑ Cieran Perry of Working Class Action Interviewed by Anthony McIntyre 31 October 2003, The Blanket
  2. ↑ Support Irish Glass Bottle Workers Press Release : Working Class Action, 16 July 2002
  3. ↑ Joe Mooney - Election History www.electionsireland.org website
  4. ↑ Cieran Perry - Election History www.electionsireland.org website
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