Irish Congress of Trade Unions
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The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (often abbreviated to just Congress), formed in 1959 by the merger of the Irish Trade Union Congress
(founded in 1894) and the Congress of Irish Unions
(founded in 1945), is a national trade union centre, the umbrella organisation
to which trade union
s in both the Republic of Ireland
and Northern Ireland
affiliate.
s with membership of Congress, representing about 600,000 members in the Republic of Ireland
. Trade union members represent 35.1% of the Republic's workforce. This is a significant decline since the 55.3% recorded in 1980 and the 38.5% reported in 2003. In the Republic, over 60% of union members are in the public sector. Currently, over 1.4m of the Republic's taxpaying workforce are not members of unions.
Jack O'Connor
, president of SIPTU
(Ireland's largest trade union), became President of Congress at the biennial conference in Tralee in July 2009 succeeding [Patricia McKeown Regional secretary of UNISON public service trade union. The president serves for a two-year period and is succeeded by one of two vice-presidents.
Congress is the sole Irish affiliate of the European Trade Union Confederation
(ETUC), the representative body for trade unions at Europe
an level.
arrangements. This involved a series of seven corporatist agreements with the government and the main manufacturing/services employer body IBEC and the construction employers' lobby CIF
. It was a classic European-style alliance of government, labour and capital built on six decades of voluntary employment relations regulated by state institutions such as the Labour Court.
For many years the union leaders agreed to dampen pay rises in return for regular reductions in income tax rates. They also negotiated a new system of pay determination for public service employees under the rubric of "benchmarking" using external assessment of pay scales for assorted grades.
The era of Christian democratic style corporatism also saw a dramatic fall in trade union density from 62% in 1980 to 31% in 2007 and consolidation through mergers of many affiliated trade unions. Efforts to launch recruitment and organising initiatives failed to secure adequate support from affiliated unions while attempts to secure indirect forms of union recognition through legislation collapsed after successful legal challenges and appeals by the anti-union Ryanair
company.
Ireland's period of centralised 'social pacts' ended in late 2009 when the government imposed pay cuts of between 5% and 8% on public service employees. The joint-stewardship of the state's FÁS
training and employment authority by Congress and IBEC and accompanied waste of public and EU funds and excessive spending on directors 'junkets' further weakened the public standing of Congress and its 'social partnership' structures.
In an assessment of the post-partnership situation, Congress general secretary David Begg
prepared a strategic review paper in which he identified the increasing weakness of the Congress and individual trade unions being due to "recession and change in the balance of power with capital" as well as job cuts, poor organisation, especially in high-technology companies, and a growing rift between public and private sector employees.
On a more positive note Begg asserted that the ending of social partnership arrangements "liberates us to advocate and campaign for our own policies".
Reference: http://www.ictu.ie/download/pdf/ictu_constitution.pdf
Irish Trade Union Congress
The Irish Trade Union Congress was a union federation covering the island of Ireland.Until 1894, representatives of Irish trade unions attended the British Trades Union Congress. However, many felt that they had little impact on the British body, and decided to form their own federation. This...
(founded in 1894) and the Congress of Irish Unions
Congress of Irish Unions
The Congress of Irish Unions was one of the two governing bodies that emerged after the split in the Irish trade union body the Irish Trade Union Congress in 1945. The split developed under pressure from an anticipated fresh labour-state relationship, and alleged 'British domination in ITUC'...
(founded in 1945), is a national trade union centre, the umbrella organisation
Umbrella organization
An umbrella organization is an association of institutions, who work together formally to coordinate activities or pool resources. In business, political, or other environments, one group, the umbrella organization, provides resources and often an identity to the smaller organizations...
to which trade union
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
s in both the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
affiliate.
Influence
There are currently 55 trade unionTrade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
s with membership of Congress, representing about 600,000 members in the Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. Trade union members represent 35.1% of the Republic's workforce. This is a significant decline since the 55.3% recorded in 1980 and the 38.5% reported in 2003. In the Republic, over 60% of union members are in the public sector. Currently, over 1.4m of the Republic's taxpaying workforce are not members of unions.
Structure
The supreme policy-making body of Congress is the Biennial Delegate Conference, to which affiliated unions send delegates. On a day-to-day basis Congress is run by an Executive Committee and a staffed secretariat headed up by the General Secretary, David Begg who succeeded Peter Cassels in the position in 2001.Jack O'Connor
Jack O'Connor
Jack O'Connor may refer to:*Jack O'Connor *Jack O'Connor , Australian cricketer*Jack O'Connor , English cricketer...
, president of SIPTU
SIPTU
SIPTU , or in Irish: CSTGT is Ireland's largest trade union, with around 200,000 members. Most of these members are in the Republic of Ireland, although the union does have a Northern Ireland branch...
(Ireland's largest trade union), became President of Congress at the biennial conference in Tralee in July 2009 succeeding [Patricia McKeown Regional secretary of UNISON public service trade union. The president serves for a two-year period and is succeeded by one of two vice-presidents.
Congress is the sole Irish affiliate of the European Trade Union Confederation
European Trade Union Confederation
The European Trade Union Confederation is a trade union organization which was established in 1973 to represent workers and their national affiliates at the European level....
(ETUC), the representative body for trade unions at Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an level.
Social pacts
Congress enjoyed unprecedented political and economic influence over the period from 1987 to 2009 under the umbrella of Ireland's social partnershipSocial Partnership
Social partnership is the term used for the tripartite, triennial national pay agreements reached in Ireland.The process was initiated in 1987, following a period of high inflation and weak economic growth which led to increased emigration and unsustainable government borrowing and national debt...
arrangements. This involved a series of seven corporatist agreements with the government and the main manufacturing/services employer body IBEC and the construction employers' lobby CIF
CIF
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. It was a classic European-style alliance of government, labour and capital built on six decades of voluntary employment relations regulated by state institutions such as the Labour Court.
For many years the union leaders agreed to dampen pay rises in return for regular reductions in income tax rates. They also negotiated a new system of pay determination for public service employees under the rubric of "benchmarking" using external assessment of pay scales for assorted grades.
The era of Christian democratic style corporatism also saw a dramatic fall in trade union density from 62% in 1980 to 31% in 2007 and consolidation through mergers of many affiliated trade unions. Efforts to launch recruitment and organising initiatives failed to secure adequate support from affiliated unions while attempts to secure indirect forms of union recognition through legislation collapsed after successful legal challenges and appeals by the anti-union Ryanair
Ryanair
Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline. Its head office is at Dublin Airport and its primary operational bases at Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport....
company.
Ireland's period of centralised 'social pacts' ended in late 2009 when the government imposed pay cuts of between 5% and 8% on public service employees. The joint-stewardship of the state's FÁS
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training and employment authority by Congress and IBEC and accompanied waste of public and EU funds and excessive spending on directors 'junkets' further weakened the public standing of Congress and its 'social partnership' structures.
In an assessment of the post-partnership situation, Congress general secretary David Begg
David Begg
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prepared a strategic review paper in which he identified the increasing weakness of the Congress and individual trade unions being due to "recession and change in the balance of power with capital" as well as job cuts, poor organisation, especially in high-technology companies, and a growing rift between public and private sector employees.
On a more positive note Begg asserted that the ending of social partnership arrangements "liberates us to advocate and campaign for our own policies".
Affiliated unions
- ACCORDACCORDAccord is a trade union for HBOS workers within the Lloyds Banking Group. It has more than 30,000 members and is affiliated to the Trades Union Congress, the Scottish Trades Union Congress and the Irish Congress of Trade Unions....
- Association of First Division Civil Servants
- Association of Higher Civil and Public Servants
- Association of Irish Traditional Musicians
- Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland
- Association of Teachers and LecturersAssociation of Teachers and LecturersThe Association of Teachers and Lecturers is a trade union, teachers' union and professional association, affiliated to the Trades Union Congress, in the United Kingdom representing educators from nursery and primary education to further education...
- Bakers, Food and Allied Workers UnionBakers, Food and Allied Workers UnionThe Bakers, Food and Allied Workers' Union is a trade union in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1847 in Manchester, it is a trade-based union of workers in the food industry....
- British Actors Equity Association
- Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union
- Building and Allied Trades Unions
- Chartered Society of PhysiotherapyChartered Society of PhysiotherapyThe Chartered Society of Physiotherapy , is the professional body and trade union for physiotherapists in the United Kingdom.Formed by four nurses in 1894, the Society now has more than 50,000 members.-Membership:There are four levels of membership:...
- Civil and Public Services UnionCivil and Public Services UnionThe Civil and Public Services Union , is an Irish trade union for clerical and administrative grades in the civil service, the wider public sector and the private sector. It is a member of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions....
- Communication Workers Union (Ireland)Communication Workers Union (Ireland)The Communication Workers Union is a trade union in Ireland.The union was founded in 1922 as the Irish Post Office Engineering Union, splitting from the British Post Office Engineering Union following the establishment of the Irish Free State...
- Communication Workers Union (UK)Communication Workers Union (UK)The Communication Workers Union is the main trade union in the United Kingdom for people working for telephone, cable, DSL and postal delivery companies, with 215,000 members....
- Electricity Supply Boards Officers Association
- Fire Brigades UnionFire Brigades UnionThe Fire Brigades Union is a trade union in the United Kingdom for wholetime Firefighters , Retained Duty System and Emergency Control Room staff...
- GMB UnionGMB UnionThe GMB is a general trade union in the United Kingdom, and has more than 600,000 members. Its members are drawn from many sectors, with particular strength amongst manual workers in local government and the health service...
- Guinness Staff Union
- Irish Bank Officials' AssociationIrish Bank Officials' AssociationThe Irish Bank Officials Association is a trade union representing staff in the finance sector in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, and those employed by Irish financial organisations in Great Britain and overseas....
- Irish Federation of University Teachers
- Irish Medical OrganisationIrish Medical OrganisationThe Irish Medical Organisation is a Professional association for Doctors in the Republic of Ireland which also acts as a Trade Union representing doctors in negotiations with the Irish government....
- Irish Municipal, Public and Civil Trade UnionIrish Municipal, Public and Civil Trade UnionThe Irish Municipal, Public and Civil Trade Union is a trade union in the Republic of Ireland. It primarily organises workers in education, health, local government and the civil service...
- Irish National Teachers Organisation
- Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation
- MANDATEMandateMandate can refer to:*Mandate , an obligation handed down by an inter-governmental body*Mandate , an official or authoritative command; an order or injunction*Mandate , the power granted by an electorate...
- Medical Laboratory Scientists Association
- National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women TeachersNational Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women TeachersThe NASUWT is a trade union representing teachers, including headteachers, throughout the United Kingdom....
- National Union of JournalistsNational Union of JournalistsThe National Union of Journalists is a trade union for journalists in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. It was founded in 1907 and has 38,000 members. It is a member of the International Federation of Journalists .-Structure:...
- National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport WorkersNational Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport WorkersThe National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers is a trade union in the United Kingdom which unionises transport workers. It has more than 80,000 members, and its current general secretary is Bob Crow...
- National Union of Sheet Metal Workers of Ireland
- Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance
- Operative Plasterers and Allied Trades Society of Ireland
- Prison Officers' Association (Ireland)
- Prison Officers' Association (Northern Ireland)
- ProspectProspect (trade union)Prospect is a United Kingdom trade union which represents engineers, managers, scientists and other specialists in both the public and private sectors. It was formed on 1 November 2001 by the merger of the trade unions the Institution of Professionals Managers and Specialists and the Engineers and...
- Public and Commercial Services UnionPublic and Commercial Services UnionThe Public and Commercial Services Union is the sixth largest trade union in the United Kingdom. Most of its members work in government departments and other public bodies although some work for private companies.- Membership and organisation :...
- Public Service Executive Union
- Services Industrial Professional Technical Union
- Society of RadiographersSociety of RadiographersThe Society of Radiographers is a professional body and a trades union that represents more than 90% of the diagnostic and therapeutic radiographers in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1920...
- Teachers' Union of IrelandTeachers' Union of IrelandTeachers' Union of Ireland , in Irish Aontas Múinteoirí Éireann, is a trade union representing teachers in post-primary schools and lecturers in third level Universities, Colleges and Institutes of Technology...
- Technical Engineering and Electrical UnionTechnical Engineering and Electrical UnionThe Technical Engineering and Electrical Union is an engineering union in IrelandThe union represents a broad range of workers throughout industry and public service...
- Transport Salaried Staffs Association
- Ulster Teachers' UnionUlster Teachers' UnionThe Ulster Teachers' Union is a trade union based in Northern Ireland, whose membership mostly comprises primary school teachers working in the state sector. It has 6,429 members. The UTU has close links with the Irish National Teachers Organisation, an all-Ireland trade union who represent the...
- Union of Construction, Allied Trades and TechniciansUnion of Construction, Allied Trades and TechniciansThe Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians is a British and Irish trade union which represents, as of December 2009, 127,433 workers in construction and allied trades, an increase of nearly 17,000 since 2003....
- Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied WorkersUnion of Shop, Distributive and Allied WorkersThe Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers is a trade union in the United Kingdom. Consisting of over 405,000 members, USDAW is the UK's fourth largest and fastest growing trade union. Membership has increased by more than 17% in the last five years and by nearly a third in the last decade...
- Unison
- Unite the UnionUnite the UnionUnite – the Union, known as Unite, is a British and Irish trade union, formed on 1 May 2007, by the merger of Amicus and the Transport and General Workers' Union...
- University and College UnionUniversity and College UnionThe University and College Union is a British trade union formed by the merger in 2006 of the Association of University Teachers and the National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education ....
- Veterinary Ireland
- Veterinary Officers Association
General Secretaries
- 1960: Leo Crawford and Ruaidhri Roberts
- 1967: Ruaidhri Roberts
- 1982: Donal Nevin
- 1989: Peter Cassells
- 2001: David Begg
Reference: http://www.ictu.ie/download/pdf/ictu_constitution.pdf
Presidents
| Year | President | Union |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | John Conroy | Irish Transport and General Workers' Union Irish Transport and General Workers' Union The Irish Transport and General Workers Union, an Irish trade union, was founded by James Larkin in 1908 as a general union. Initially drawing its membership from branches of the Liverpool-based National Union of Dock Labourers, from which Larkin had been expelled, it grew to include workers in a... |
| 1960 | James Larkin, Jr | Workers' Union of Ireland Workers' Union of Ireland The Workers' Union of Ireland , later the Federated Workers' Union of Ireland, was an Irish trade union formed in 1924. In 1990, it merged with the Irish Transport and General Workers Union to form the Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union .- Formation :The WUI was formed in 1924... |
| 1961 | Norman Kennedy Norman Kennedy Norman Kennedy was a trade unionist and politician in Ireland.Kennedy was a prominent member of the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union. He served as President of the Irish Trade Union Congress in 1957... |
Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union |
| 1962 | W. J. Fitzpatrick | Irish Union of Distributive Workers and Clerks |
| 1963 | Jack MacGougan Jack Macgougan Jack Macgougan was a trade unionist and socialist activist in Ireland.Born in Belfast to a Protestant family, Macgougan became an active trade unionist at an early age, and joined the Socialist Party of Northern Ireland, a Northern Ireland Labour Party-affiliate split from the Independent Labour... |
National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers The National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers was a trade union in the United Kingdom.The union was founded as the Tailors and Garment Workers' Union in 1920 with the merger of the Scottish Operative Tailors and Tailoresses' Association and the United Garment Workers' Union... |
| 1964 | Charles McCarthy | Vocational Teachers' Association |
| 1965 | D. F. Murphy | Transport Salaried Staffs' Association Transport Salaried Staffs' Association The Transport Salaried Staffs' Association is a trade union for "white collar" workers in the transport industry in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland... |
| 1966 | Fintan Kennedy Fintan Kennedy Fintan Kennedy was an Irish trade unionist.The son of Tom Kennedy, a prominent trade unionist, Kennedy joined the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union in 1934, rising to serve as General Secretary of the union from 1959, then as General President from 1969... |
Irish Transport and General Workers' Union Irish Transport and General Workers' Union The Irish Transport and General Workers Union, an Irish trade union, was founded by James Larkin in 1908 as a general union. Initially drawing its membership from branches of the Liverpool-based National Union of Dock Labourers, from which Larkin had been expelled, it grew to include workers in a... |
| 1967 | Bob Thompson | General and Municipal Workers' Union |
| 1968 | John Conroy | Irish Transport and General Workers' Union Irish Transport and General Workers' Union The Irish Transport and General Workers Union, an Irish trade union, was founded by James Larkin in 1908 as a general union. Initially drawing its membership from branches of the Liverpool-based National Union of Dock Labourers, from which Larkin had been expelled, it grew to include workers in a... |
| 1969 | Jimmy Dunne | Marine Port and General Workers' Union |
| 1970 | James Morrow | Amalgamated Union of Engineering and Foundry Workers |
| 1971 | Maurice Cosgrave | Post Office Workers' Union |
| 1972 | Jim Cox | Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers The Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers was a British trades union representing carpenters, joiners and allied trades. The ASW was formed in 1921 by the amalgamation of two smaller unions... |
| 1972–3 | Stephen McGonagle Stephen McGonagle Stephen McGonagle was a Northern Irish and Irish trade unionist.Born in Derry, Ireland, McGonagle worked as a plumber. He joined the Derry Labour Party, a small anti-partitionist grouping, but resigned in 1946 in protest at its alliance with the Nationalist Party, instead joining the Northern... |
Irish Transport and General Workers' Union Irish Transport and General Workers' Union The Irish Transport and General Workers Union, an Irish trade union, was founded by James Larkin in 1908 as a general union. Initially drawing its membership from branches of the Liverpool-based National Union of Dock Labourers, from which Larkin had been expelled, it grew to include workers in a... |
| 1974 | Denis Larkin Denis Larkin Denis Larkin was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade union official, and son of Dublin's most noted trade union leader, the Liverpool-born Jim Larkin, who died in 1948 . He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála for the Dublin North East constituency at the 1954... |
Workers' Union of Ireland Workers' Union of Ireland The Workers' Union of Ireland , later the Federated Workers' Union of Ireland, was an Irish trade union formed in 1924. In 1990, it merged with the Irish Transport and General Workers Union to form the Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union .- Formation :The WUI was formed in 1924... |
| 1975 | Andy Barr Andy Barr (politician) Andy Barr was an Irish communist and trade unionist.Born in Belfast, Barr became a sheet metal worker, and joined the Communist Party of Northern Ireland in 1942. Barr became a shop steward in 1942, and by 1948 was a member of the Sheetmetal Workers' Union's Executive Committee... |
National Union of Sheet Metal Workers, Coppersmiths, Heating and Domestic Engineers National Union of Sheet Metal Workers, Coppersmiths, Heating and Domestic Engineers The National Union of Sheet Metal Workers, Coppersmiths, Heating and Domestic Engineers was a trade union in the United Kingdom and Ireland.The union was founded in 1920 as the National Union of Sheet Metal Workers and Braziers with the merger of a number of unions, including the General Union of... |
| 1976 | Matt Griffin | Irish National Teachers' Organisation Irish National Teachers' Organisation The Irish National Teachers' Organisation , in Irish Cumann Múinteoirí Éireann, which was founded in 1868, is the largest teachers' trade union in Ireland. It represents teachers at primary level in the Republic of Ireland, and at primary and post-primary level in Northern Ireland. The head office... |
| 1977 | Brendan Harkin | Northern Ireland Civil Service Alliance |
| 1977–8 | John Mulhall | Irish National Painters' and Decorator's Trade Union |
| 1979 | Harold O'Sullivan | Local Government and Public Services Union |
| 1980 | Jack Curlis | General and Municipal Workers' Union |
| 1981 | Dan Murphy | Civil Service Executive Union |
| 1982 | David Wylie | Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers is a trade union in the United Kingdom. Consisting of over 405,000 members, USDAW is the UK's fourth largest and fastest growing trade union. Membership has increased by more than 17% in the last five years and by nearly a third in the last decade... |
| 1983 | Patrick Cardiff | Federated Workers' Union of Ireland |
| 1984 | James Graham | Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers |
| 1985 | Matt Merrigan Matt Merrigan Matthew "Matt" Merrigan was an Irish socialist and trade unionist from Dublin, known for his catchphrase "Profits are wages that have not been distributed yet."... |
Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union |
| 1986 | Jim McCusker | Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance |
| 1987 | John Carroll John Carroll (trade unionist) John F. Carroll is a former Irish trade union leader. He was vice-president of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union from 1969 to 1981, when the became the union's president until its merger in 1990 with the Federated Workers' Union of Ireland to form the new Services, Industrial,... |
Irish Transport and General Workers' Union Irish Transport and General Workers' Union The Irish Transport and General Workers Union, an Irish trade union, was founded by James Larkin in 1908 as a general union. Initially drawing its membership from branches of the Liverpool-based National Union of Dock Labourers, from which Larkin had been expelled, it grew to include workers in a... |
| 1988 | William Wallace | National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers The National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers was a trade union in the United Kingdom.The union was founded as the Tailors and Garment Workers' Union in 1920 with the merger of the Scottish Operative Tailors and Tailoresses' Association and the United Garment Workers' Union... |
| 1989 | Gerry Quigley Gerry Quigley Gerry Quigley was a trade unionist and political activist in Northern Ireland.Quigley grew up in the Donegall Pass area of Belfast. He studied at St Joseph's Training College before working as a primary school teacher.Quigley was appointed Northern Secretary of the Irish National Teachers'... |
Irish National Teachers' Organisation Irish National Teachers' Organisation The Irish National Teachers' Organisation , in Irish Cumann Múinteoirí Éireann, which was founded in 1868, is the largest teachers' trade union in Ireland. It represents teachers at primary level in the Republic of Ireland, and at primary and post-primary level in Northern Ireland. The head office... |
| 1990 | Jimmy Blair | Amalgamated Engineering Union |
| 1991 | Chris Kirwan | Services Industrial Professional Technical Union |
| 1991–3 | Tom Douglas | GMB Union GMB Union The GMB is a general trade union in the United Kingdom, and has more than 600,000 members. Its members are drawn from many sectors, with particular strength amongst manual workers in local government and the health service... |
| 1993–5 | Phil Flynn Phil Flynn Philip "Phil" Flynn is an Irish businessman. He was previously a vice-president of Sinn Féin, a trade unionist, an industrial relations consultant, a government advisor and a financier... |
Irish Municipal Public and Civil Trade Union |
| 1995–7 | John Freeman | Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union |
| 1997–9 | Edmund Browne | Services Industrial Professional Technical Union |
| 1999–2001 | Inez McCormack | UNISON UNISON UNISON is the largest trade union in the United Kingdom with over 1.3 million members.The union was formed in 1993 when three public sector trade unions, the National and Local Government Officers Association , the National Union of Public Employees and the Confederation of Health Service... |
| 2001–3 | Joe O'Toole Joe O'Toole Joseph John "Joe" O'Toole is a former Irish independent politician, who was a member of Seanad Éireann from 1987 to 2011.He was born and brought up in Dingle, County Kerry, O'Toole was a teacher for ten years and then a school principal in County Dublin... |
Irish National Teachers' Organisation Irish National Teachers' Organisation The Irish National Teachers' Organisation , in Irish Cumann Múinteoirí Éireann, which was founded in 1868, is the largest teachers' trade union in Ireland. It represents teachers at primary level in the Republic of Ireland, and at primary and post-primary level in Northern Ireland. The head office... |
| 2003–5 | Brendan Mackin | Amicus Amicus Amicus was the United Kingdom's second-largest trade union, and the largest private sector union, formed by the merger of Manufacturing Science and Finance, the AEEU agreed in 2001, and two smaller unions, UNIFI and the GPMU... |
| 2005–7 | Peter McLoone | Irish Municipal Public and Civil Trade Union |
| 2007–9 | Patricia McKeown | UNISON UNISON UNISON is the largest trade union in the United Kingdom with over 1.3 million members.The union was formed in 1993 when three public sector trade unions, the National and Local Government Officers Association , the National Union of Public Employees and the Confederation of Health Service... |
| 2009–11 | Jack O'Connor Jack O'Connor (trade unionist) Jack O'Connor is an Irish trade union leader.Born in northern County Dublin, O'Connor worked in various fields before taking full-time employment with the Federated Workers' Union of Ireland in 1980... |
Services Industrial Professional Technical Union |
See also
- List of trade unions
- List of federations of trade unions
- Trades Union CongressTrades Union CongressThe Trades Union Congress is a national trade union centre, a federation of trade unions in the United Kingdom, representing the majority of trade unions...
- General Federation of Trade Unions (UK)General Federation of Trade Unions (UK)The General Federation of Trade Unions is a national trade union centre in the United Kingdom. It has 35 affiliates with a membership of just over 214,000 and describes itself as the "federation for specialist unions".-History:...
- Scottish Trades Union CongressScottish Trades Union CongressThe Scottish Trades Union Congress is the co-ordinating body of trade unions, and local Trades Councils, in Scotland. With 39 affiliated unions as of 2007, the STUC represents around 630,000 trade unionists....