The Civil and Public Services Union (CPSU) was an Irish trade union for clerical and administrative grades in the civil service, the wider public sector and the private sector.[2] It was a member of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions.
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| Merged into | Fórsa |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1922 |
| Dissolved | 2018 |
| Headquarters | Dublin, Ireland |
| Location | |
| Members | 13,775[1] |
| Affiliations | ICTU |
The union was founded in 1922 by the Dublin branch of the Civil Service Clerical Association.[2]
At the start of 2018, the CPSU merged with the Irish Municipal, Public and Civil Trade Union and the Public Service Executive Union to form Fórsa.[3]
General Secretaries
edit- 1922: Tom O'Shea[4]
- 1924: D. J. Cregan[4]
- 1924: J. Hogan[4]
- 1926: J. Burke[4]
- 1928: Archie Heron[4]
- 1941: D. Ó Connáill[4]
- 1948: D. A. Morrissey[4]
- 1953: W. J. Farrell[4]
- 1961: H. V. Murtagh[4]
- 1967: P. B. Gillespie[4]
- 1969: Billy Lynch[4]
- 1988: John O'Dowd[4]
- 1999: Blair Horan[4]
- 2012: Éoin Ronayne[4]
References
edit- ↑ Unions Affiliated to Congress 2010, ICTU
- 1 2 John B. Smethurst and Peter Carter, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, p.368
- ↑ Tim O'Brien, Three unions merge to create new Fórsa 'super union' for public service workers, The Irish Times, 20 November 2017.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Devine, Francis; Smethurst, John B. (2017). Historical Directory of Trade Unions in Ireland (PDF). Dublin: Irish Labour History Society & Working Class Movement Library. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
