Communication Workers Union (Ireland)

The Communication Workers Union is a trade union in Ireland.

Communication Workers Union
Founded1922
Members19,550[1]
AffiliationICTU
Key peopleSteve Fitzpatrick, General Secretary
Office locationDublin, Ireland
CountryIreland
Websitewww.cwu.ie

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. The following year, it merged with the Irish Postal Union and the Irish Postal Workers' Union, forming the United Postal Union, but the IPOEU was unhappy with the arrangements, and so withdrew before the merger was completed, continuing an independent existence.[2]

It was renamed the Communications Union of Ireland in 1985, while in 1989, it was joined by the Postal Telecommunications Workers' Union and adopted its current name.[2]

General Secretaries

1950s: Malachy Dooney
1967: Seamus De Paor
1990: David Begg
1997: Con Scanlon
2004: Steve Fitzpatrick
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References

  1. Unions Affiliated to Congress 2010 Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, ICTU
  2. Smethurst, John B.; Carter, Peter (June 2009). Historical Directory of Trade Unions. 6. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing. pp. 374, 456. ISBN 9780754666837. LCCN 80-151653.
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