The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU), formed in 1959 by the merger of the Irish Trade Union Congress (founded in 1894) and the Congress of Irish Unions (founded in 1945), is the organisation to which trade unions in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland affiliate. There are currently 57 unions with membership of the ICTU, representing about 750,000 members.
The supreme policy-making body of the ICTU is the Biennial Delegate Conference, to which affiliated unions send delegates. On a day-to-day basis the ICTU is run by an Executive Committee and a staffed secretariat headed up by the General Secretary.
External links
Website of the ICTU (http://ictu.ie)
Website of the Northern Ireland Committee, ICTU (http://www.ictuni.org/index.asp)
The IrishCongress of TradeUnions (ICTU) was formed in 1959 as a result of the amalgamation of the IrishTradeUnionCongress and the Congress of IrishUnions.
The ICTU is the largest (and the only significant) tradeunion confederation in Ireland and has affiliates from both north and south of the border; thus it is a 32-County body.
ICTU is at present one of the "social partners" involved in the Programme for Economic and Social Progress.
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