The Belfast bus strike was part of an ongoing pay dispute.
William John Blease, Baron Blease JP (28 May 1914 – 16 May 2008) was a British politician. Blease worked first as a shop apprentice from 1929. In 1940, he moved to Belfast shipyard. He then became branch manager of the Co-op Society of Belfast until 1959. An active trade unionist, Blease was elected to the Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions in 1959, remaining a member until 1975.