Irish Transport and General Workers' Union

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The Irish Transport and General Workers Union (ITGWU - Irish Transport and General Workers Union ) was an Irish trade union union founded by James Larkin in December 1908 . Initially, the ITGWU drew its members mainly from the in Liverpool based National Union of Dock Laborers ( National Union of Dockers ), had been excluded from the Larkin 1908th Later the union included members from different industries.

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

Larkin received a heroic welcome on his return to Ireland in April 1923. He immediately began his journey across the country to meet with members of the Trade Union and fight to end the Irish civil war . Despite his best efforts, Larkin was at odds with William O'Brien, who in his absence had risen to become the leading figure of the ITGWU, the Irish Labor Party and the Trade Union Congress. Larkin was still managing director of ITGWU and the bitter dispute between the two would last for over 20 years.

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

In 1945 the ITGWU left the Irish Congress of Trade Unions when the Congress accepted membership of the WUI and established the rival Congress of Irish Unions .

In 1990, the ITGWU finally merged with the WUI to form the new union of the Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union (SIPTU).

ITGWU should not be confused with the UK Transport and General Workers Union , which also operated in Ireland under the name Amalgamated Transport and General Workers Union .