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There are currently 55 trade unions with membership of Congress, representing about 600,000 members in the Republic of Ireland. [1] Trade union members represent 35.1% of the Republic's workforce. [2] This is a significant decline since the 55.3% recorded in 1980 and the 38.5% reported in 2003. [3]
SIPTU (/ ˈsɪptuː /; Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union; Irish: An Ceardchumann Seirbhísí, Tionsclaíoch, Gairmiúil agus Teicniúil) 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 District Committee.
The union represents a broad range of workers throughout industry and public service. It includes craftworkers, technicians, skilled operatives, general workers, technical, administration, and supervisory staff. [3] The TEEU is the largest engineering union in Ireland and the second largest in manufacturing, representing up to 40,000 workers.
I. Independent Workers Union of Ireland. Irish Federation of University Teachers. Irish Postal Union. Irish Taxi Council.
Unionism in Ireland is a political tradition that professes loyalty to the crown of the United Kingdom and to the union it represents with England, Scotland and Wales. The overwhelming sentiment of Ireland's Protestant minority, unionism mobilised in the decades following Catholic Emancipation in 1829 to oppose restoration of a separate Irish ...
Fórsa (pronounced [ˈfˠoːɾˠsˠə]; "Force") is an Irish trade union for public service staff. With over 80,000 members, it is the largest public service union in Ireland, and second largest trade union in the state. [2][3] It was created following a ballot of the Public Service Executive Union (PSEU), the Irish Municipal, Public and Civil ...
The Irish National Teachers' Organisation (INTO) (Irish: Cumann Múinteoirí Éireann), founded in 1868, is the oldest and 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 is at Parnell Square, Dublin, and ...
In 1912, the ITUC established a political arm, becoming known as the Irish Labour Party and Trade Union Congress (or Irish Trade Union Congress and Labour Party ). The political wing evolved into the Labour Party. Despite the Partition of Ireland, the ITUC continued to organise throughout the island, but tensions arose between the unions based ...