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Irish Transport and General Workers' Union

Index Irish Transport and General Workers' Union

The Irish Transport and General Workers Union (ITGWU), an Irish trade union, was founded by James Larkin in January 1909 as a general union. [1]

36 relations: Christy Kirwan, Communism, Congress of Irish Unions, Dublin, Dublin lock-out, Easter Rising, Edmund Browne, Edward Browne (Irish politician), Fintan Kennedy, Frank Purcell, Gaels, Irish Mental Hospital Workers' Union, Irish Trades Union Congress, James Connolly, James Larkin, John Carroll (trade unionist), John Conroy (trade unionist), Labour movement, Labour Party (Ireland), Liverpool, Michael Mullen (Irish politician), National Labour Party (Ireland), National Union of Dock Labourers, National Union of Gold, Silver and Allied Trades, Red Hand of Ulster, SIPTU, Syndicalism, Thomas Foran, Thomas Kennedy (Irish politician), Trade union, Transport and General Workers' Union, Ulster, Unite the Union, William McMullen, William X. O'Brien, Workers' Union of Ireland.

Christy Kirwan

Christopher "Christy" Kirwan (died 24 November 2013) was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade unionist.

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Communism

In political and social sciences, communism (from Latin communis, "common, universal") is the philosophical, social, political, and economic ideology and movement whose ultimate goal is the establishment of the communist society, which is a socioeconomic order structured upon the common ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes, money and the state.

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Congress of Irish Unions

The Congress of Irish Unions was a confederation of trade unions in Ireland.

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Dublin

Dublin is the capital of and largest city in Ireland.

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Dublin lock-out

The Dublin lock-out was a major industrial dispute between approximately 20,000 workers and 300 employers which took place in Ireland's capital city of Dublin.

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Easter Rising

The Easter Rising (Éirí Amach na Cásca), also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week, April 1916.

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Edmund Browne

Edmund Browne (born 1937) is an Irish former trade unionist.

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Edward Browne (Irish politician)

Edward Browne was an Irish politician and trade union official.

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Fintan Kennedy

Fintan Kennedy (died 24 March 1984) was an Irish trade unionist.

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Frank Purcell

Frank Purcell (died 2 April 1960) was an Irish politician and trade union official.

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Gaels

The Gaels (Na Gaeil, Na Gàidheil, Ny Gaeil) are an ethnolinguistic group native to northwestern Europe.

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Irish Mental Hospital Workers' Union

The Irish Mental Hospital Workers' Union was a trade union in Ireland.

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Irish Trades Union Congress

The Irish Trade Union Congress (ITUC) was a union federation covering the island of Ireland.

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James Connolly

James Connolly (Séamas Ó Conghaile; 5 June 1868 – 12 May 1916) was an Irish republican and socialist leader.

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James Larkin

James Larkin (Séamas Ó Lorcáin; 21 January 1876 – 30 January 1947), sometimes known as Jim Larkin, was an Irish republican, socialist and trade union leader.

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John Carroll (trade unionist)

John F. Carroll is a former Irish trade union leader.

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John Conroy (trade unionist)

John Conroy (17 April 1904 – 13 February 1969) was an Irish trade union leader.

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Labour movement

The labour movement or labor movement consists of two main wings, the trade union movement (British English) or labor union movement (American English), also called trade unionism or labor unionism on the one hand, and the political labour movement on the other.

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Labour Party (Ireland)

The Labour Party (Páirtí an Lucht Oibre) is a social-democratic political party in the Republic of Ireland.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017.

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Michael Mullen (Irish politician)

Michael Mullen (1 February 1919 – 1 November 1982) was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade union official.

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National Labour Party (Ireland)

The National Labour Party was an Irish political party active between 1944 and 1950.

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National Union of Dock Labourers

The National Union of Dock Labourers (NUDL) was a trade union in the United Kingdom which existed between 1889 and 1922.

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National Union of Gold, Silver and Allied Trades

The National Union of Gold, Silver and Allied Trades (NUGSAT) was a trade union in Britain and Ireland.

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Red Hand of Ulster

The Red Hand of Ulster (Lámh Dhearg Uladh) is an Irish symbol used in heraldry to denote the Irish province of Ulster.

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SIPTU

SIPTU (Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union; An Ceardchumann Seirbhísí, Tionsclaíoch, Gairmiúil agus Teicniúil) is Ireland's largest trade union, with around 200,000 members.

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Syndicalism

Syndicalism is a proposed type of economic system, considered a replacement for capitalism.

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Thomas Foran

Thomas Foran (died 18 March 1951) was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade union official.

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Thomas Kennedy (Irish politician)

Thomas Kennedy (died 18 September 1947) was an Irish Labour Party politician and trade union official.

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Trade union

A trade union or trades union, also called a labour union (Canada) or labor union (US), is an organization of workers who have come together to achieve many common goals; such as protecting the integrity of its trade, improving safety standards, and attaining better wages, benefits (such as vacation, health care, and retirement), and working conditions through the increased bargaining power wielded by the creation of a monopoly of the workers.

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Transport and General Workers' Union

The Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU or T&G) was one of the largest general trade unions in the United Kingdom and Ireland - where it was known as the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union (ATGWU) to differentiate itself from the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union - with 900,000 members (and was once the largest trade union in the world).

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Ulster

Ulster (Ulaidh or Cúige Uladh, Ulster Scots: Ulstèr or Ulster) is a province in the north of the island of Ireland.

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Unite the Union

Unite the Union, commonly 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.

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William McMullen

William McMullen (1888 – 1982), sometimes known as Billy McMullen, was an Irish trade unionist and politician.

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William X. O'Brien

William X. O'Brien (23 January 1881 – 31 October 1968) was a politician and trade unionist in Ireland.

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Workers' Union of Ireland

The Workers' Union of Ireland (WUI), later the Federated Workers' Union of Ireland, was an Irish trade union formed in 1924.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Transport_and_General_Workers'_Union

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