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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.
I. Independent Workers Union of Ireland. Irish Federation of University Teachers. Irish Postal Union. Irish Taxi Council.
The Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance (NIPSA) is a trade union in Northern Ireland affiliated to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions.It is the largest trade union in Northern Ireland, with around 46,000 members, and is organised into two groups, the Civil Service Group, for the staff of public bodies employed on civil service terms and conditions, and the Public Officers Group, for ...
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 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.
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 ...
The Labour Party was founded in 1912 in Clonmel, County Tipperary, by James Connolly, James Larkin and William O'Brien as the political wing of the Irish Trades Union Congress. ^ Lyons, F.S.L. (1973). Ireland since the famine. Suffolk: Collins/Fontana. p. 281. ISBN 0-00-633200-5.