THE ITGWU AND IRISH POLITICS: 28 APRIL 1967
Feb 2nd, 2010 by Conor McCabe
Every so often the question comes up: why doesn’t Labour drop its links with the unions?
To which I usually reply: it should, as long as Fianna Fáil promises to do the same.
So much of Irish labour history is assumed, with the theories of what happened influenced by the British template of how organised labour functions in political life.
The reality in Ireland is a lot more complicated, with the labour movement split between Labour and Fianna Fáil, and with both camps heavily influenced by the Jesuits and Church teaching on social issues.
Anyway, have a read of this article from 1967. I hope it’ll help to illustrate just some of the strands which exist in the history of organised labour in Ireland.
