The Irish Transport and General Worker's Union (ITGWU) was established by Jim Larkin in December 1908, after his expulsion from the British National Dock Labourers Union (NDLU). Soon most Irish NDLU members joined the new union, with the exceptions of the Derry and Drogheda branches, which stayed with the NDLU, and the Belfast branch, which split. The ITGWU was based in Dublin. It is remembered most for its involvement in the Dublin Lockout. Statue of James Larkin on OConnell Street James (Big Jim) Larkin (1874-1947), an Irish trade union leader and socialist activist was born in Liverpool, England on 28 January 1874, of Irish parents. ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Derry or Londonderry (in Irish , Doire Cholm Chille or Doire), often called the Maiden City, is a city in Northern Ireland. ... Drogheda (Droichead Átha in Irish, meaning Fordbridge) is an industrial and port town in County Louth on the east coast of Ireland, 56 km north of Dublin. ... Belfast (Béal Feirste in Irish) is the largest city in and capital of both Northern Ireland and Ulster, and the second largest city on the island of Ireland. ... Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath1),is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located2 near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin region3. ... Statue of James Larkin on OConnell Street (Oisín Kelly 1977) The Dublin Lockout of 1913 was the most severe industrial dispute in the history of Ireland, a general lockout of workers in Dublin, meant to contain the expansion of trade unions. ...

For more details see SIPTU. SIPTU (Services, Industrial, Professional, and Technical Union) is Irelands largest trade union. ...