Irish Transport and General Workers' Union

The Irish Transport and General Workers Union ( ITGWU - Irish Transport and General Workers' Union ) was an Irish trade union Union, which was founded in December 1908 by James Larkin. Initially, its members moved into the ITGWU mainly from the Liverpool -based National Union of Dock Labourers (National Trade Union of Dockers ), was excluded from the Larkin 1908. Later, the union members of various industries involved.

The ITGWU was the focal point during the Dublin Lockout in 1913 - a month-long general strike that affected the ITGWU and the labor movement sustainable. After the ( failed for ITGWU ) Lockout Larkin emigrated to America in 1914 and William X. O'Brien became the new leader and later served for many years as Secretary General.

On his return to Ireland in April 1923 Larkin received a heroic welcome. He immediately began his journey through the country, to meet with members of the Trade Union and to fight for an end to the Irish Civil War. Despite all efforts, Larkin was at odds with William O'Brien, who had risen in his absence to the supporting character of ITGWU, the Irish Labour Party and the Trade Union Congress. Larkin was still CEO of ITGWU and the bitter dispute between the two that lasted over 20 years.

In 1924 Larkin's brother, Peter, a new union, the Workers ' Union of Ireland ( WUI ), to which many ITGWU members from Dublin changed. But despite the shrinkage members the ITGWU remained the dominant force among the trade union federations, especially outside the capital Dublin.

1945 left the ITGWU the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, as the Congress accepted the membership of the WUI, and founded the rival Congress of Irish Unions.

1990, the ITGWU joined together ultimately with the WUI for new union of Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union ( SIPTU ).

The ITGWU should not be confused with the British Transport and General Workers Union, under the name Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union was also active in Ireland.

  • Irish history
  • Union
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