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Tuesday September 17, 2013 17:51

by Cara - Sackedbymyunion ex Belfast Docker

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Why does Jack O'Connor and the Arts refuse to stage my Stageplay -One Big Onion

At Belfast Docks ITGWU continued the swing to the Right - which began when they sacked Jim Larkin - the same Jim Larkin that Jack O'Connor and SIPTU are honouring - with tongues firmly in cheeks and laughing all the way to the bank with their massive salaries.

It is understandable - I suppose - from a corrupt point of view, that Jack O'Connor would want to cover up the Union's behaviour at Belfast Docks - the same way they'd forgotten that they sacked Larkin. However, what is not understandable - at least to me - is why the so-called Independent and free thinking writers and actors in the Dublin Arts Scene are rowing in behind Jack O'Connor and refusing to stage my play after a successful reading of the play.

The tittle One Big Onion is a reflection of the layers of corruption within the union. Jack O'Connor heads this corruption and I'm sick telling him so at large meetings, but he won't sue me for defamation - although he threatened to do so. Then his Belfast solicitor, one John O'Neill told him I was speaking the Truth.

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For proof of what I maintain, see my profile on Linkedin, Sackedmyunion on Twitter and the documentary
proof on www.siptupresidentjackoconnorexposed.com To put a legal face on their Union and Employers Court they put everything in writing - and unbelievably the EX UNION CHAIRMAN JIM AUSTIN was the Court Prosecutor.

WHY ARE THE ARTS ALSO CENSORING THIS PLAY.

Editor: This story has been redacted somewhat and a number of comments have been removed in relation to Hugh Murphy and Attic because many of the allegations cannot be satisfactorily substantiated. The story has been re-instated so that the focus can be shifted to the core issue which is that of exposure to Asbestos in Belfast. Any further comments in relation to Attic which are tangential to the core issue will be removed or result in the entire article being removed.

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#	Title	Author	Date
1	There are many cover-ups	Ex Siptu employee	Tue Sep 24, 2013 13:17
2	What happened to the Holiday Home in Fairview for union members?	Hard up worker	Tue Sep 24, 2013 13:48
3	One Big Onion. The writer has something real to say. Why not listen	Blake	Sun Oct 06, 2013 16:24
4	Well done morally Wageslave.	Brian Flannery.	Wed Oct 09, 2013 10:14
5	There is no vendetta	Hugh Murphy	Wed Oct 09, 2013 10:31
6	ok a few days more	wageslave	Wed Oct 09, 2013 12:37
7	Siptu Film and Entertainment division - what do they do?	Brian Flannery	Thu Oct 10, 2013 12:24
8	Brian, have you a link for that?	wageslave	Thu Oct 10, 2013 16:16
9	Siptu Film and Entertainment section and Ireland	Brian Flannery	Fri Oct 11, 2013 14:43
10	ok I'll leave this up	wageslave	Fri Oct 11, 2013 17:03
11	There's Light at end of the tunnel	Hugh Murphy	Sat Oct 12, 2013 10:28
12	One Big Onion & poem The Judas Goats	Hugh Murphy	Tue Oct 15, 2013 12:07
13	Do you know the story of the Judas Goat! Time to find out perhaps	Blake	Wed Oct 16, 2013 14:57
14	Billy Brown is dying and his two brothers have already died from Asbestosis	Hugh Murphy	Thu Oct 17, 2013 18:32
15	is that episode of "Insight" available online?	wageslave	Thu Oct 17, 2013 20:34
16	Asbestos kills	Hugh Murphy	Fri Oct 18, 2013 10:38
17	Is Jack O'Connor and SIPTU so corrupt and powerful that no actor will go against them?	Hugh Murphy	Sat Oct 19, 2013 11:11
18	Liberty Hall and Hugh Murphy	Cara	Sun Oct 20, 2013 19:42
19	Death on the Docks	Hugh Murphy	Mon Oct 21, 2013 13:36
20	Cara...	passing reader	Mon Oct 21, 2013 14:34
21	'Death on the Docks' video. Don't judge without knowing the truth behind Asbestos.	Sean Higgins	Mon Oct 21, 2013 16:00
22	Attic	Cara	Mon Oct 21, 2013 22:19
23	Caption: 'Death on the Docks'. Asbestos (cancer) kills & denial abounds	Brian Flannery	Tue Oct 22, 2013 16:04
24	Response re Attic	Cara	Tue Oct 22, 2013 17:12
25	another related video on the subject of the dying belfast workers	wageslave	Thu Oct 24, 2013 19:54
26	'Live as if you are going to die tomorrow; but learn as if you are going to live a wholesome life'	Seneca	Tue Oct 29, 2013 16:22
27	stop addressing comments to me and focus on the subject matter please	wageslave	Fri Nov 08, 2013 03:57
28	Asbestos; silent killer.	Blake	Fri Nov 08, 2013 16:28
29	More info on Asbestos from 1973 Ecologist magazine	T	Sat Nov 09, 2013 01:02
30	Wales: Legislation that recognises Asbestosis. Employers will now have to pay	Blake	Thu Nov 21, 2013 15:59
31	Workers are dying like flies around the world and the Irish Government still covers up	Hugh Murphy	Sat Nov 23, 2013 15:51
32	last warning Hugh	wageslave	Sat Nov 23, 2013 20:43
33	Public enquiry demanded into Docks 'can of worms'	Hugh Murphy	Tue Nov 26, 2013 12:53

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