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==History==
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The union was founded by [[James Larkin]] 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]].
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