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{{Short description|Irish trade union (1909–1990)}}

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{{Infobox union

| name = Irish Transport and General Workers' Union

| full_name =

| native_name = Ceardchumann Iompair agus Ilsaothair na hÉireann

| image = [[File:Meuble héraldique Main.svg|200px]]

| founded = January 1909

| predecessor = [[National Union of Dock Labourers]]

| successor = =

| current dissolved = 1990

| dissolved_datemerged = 1990[[SIPTU]]

| office members =

| dissolved_state = Merged into

| country location_country= Ireland

| merged_into = [[SIPTU]]

| membersaffiliation = =

| key_people = [[James Larkin]]

| country = Ireland

| head headquarters =

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| affiliation =

| people footnotes = [[James Larkin]]

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The '''Irish Transport and General Workers Union''' ('''ITGWU'''), was a [[trade union]] representing workers, initially mainly [[labourerlabourers]]s, in [[Ireland]].

==History==

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The union was founded by [[James Larkin]] and [[James Fearon (trade unionist)|James Fearon]] in January 1909 as a general union.<ref>[http://www.irishlabourhistorysociety.com/index.php?page=tu_hist&title=History%20of%20Trade%20Unions History of Trade Unions], Irish Labour History Society. Retrieved 1 June 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.nli.ie/pdfs/mss%20lists/itgwu.pdf Irish Transport and General Workers' Union papers], National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 1 June 2013.</ref> Initially drawing its membership from branches of the [[Liverpool]]-based [[National Union of Dock Labourers]], from which Larkin had been expelled, it grew to include workers in a range of industries. The ITGWU logo was the [[Red Hand of Ulster]], which is synonymous with ancient [[Gael]]ic [[Ulster]].

The ITGWU was at the centre of the [[syndicalist]]-inspired [[Dublin Lockout]] in 1913, the events of which left a lasting impression on the union and hence on the Irish [[Labour Movement]].

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:1915: Kilkenny Brewery Labourers' Trade Union

:1917: Irish Glass Bottle Makers' Society, Rathmines and District Workers' Union

:1918: [[Stonecutters' Union of Ireland]] (split 1925)<ref name="devine">{{cite book |last1=Devine |first1=Francis |last2=Smethurst |first2=John B. |title=Historical Directory of Trade Unions in Ireland |date=2017 |publisher=Irish Labour History Society & Working Class Movement Library |___location=Dublin |url=https://www.irishlabourhistorysociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Historical-Directory-of-Trade-Unions-in-Ireland.pdf |access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref>

:1919: Brewery Workers' Association (Cork), Carpet Planners of the City of Dublin, Dublin Saddlers and Harness Makers' Trade Society, Irish Land and Labour Association, Irish National Agricultural and General Workers' Union, Mullingar Trade and Labour Union, Queenstown and District Government Labourers' Union

:1920: United Building Labourers and General Workers of Dublin Trade Union

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{{Portal|Organised labour}}

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[[Category:Syndicalist trade unions]]

[[Category:Defunct trade unions of Ireland]]

[[Category:Road transport trade unions]]