Teachers' Union of Ireland

Secondary and tertiary teachers' union in Ireland

Ireland

Members

19,000^[1]

Key people

Michael Gillespie (General Secretary), Liz Farrell (President)AffiliationsICTUWebsitetui.ie

Teachers' Union of Ireland (TUI; Irish: Aontas Múinteoirí Éireann) is a trade union in Ireland representing teachers and lecturers in post-primary schools, adult education colleges, institutes of technology, and technological universities. The TUI is affiliated with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) and is represented on various education governmental bodies such as the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA), the Further Education and Training Awards Council (FETAC), the Higher Education and Training Awards Council (HETAC), and the Vocational Education Committees.^{[citation needed]} The Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI) is the other trade union representing post-primary teachers in Ireland.

History

The union was founded in 1930 as the Vocational Educational Officers' Organisation, and it joined the Irish Trades Union Congress the following year. In 1955, it renamed itself as the Vocational Teachers' Association, and then in 1973 it became the "Teachers' Union of Ireland".^[2]

General Secretaries

1930: Frank McNamara^[3]

1952: Billy McNamara^[3]

1955: Tom Donaghy^[3]

1956: Charles McCarthy^[3]

1972: Maurice Holly^[3]

1975: Kevin McCarthy^[3]

1976: Christy Devine^[3]

1982: Jim Dorney^[3]

2008: Peter MacMenamin

2011: John MacGabhann

2020: Michael Gillespie

References

^ Unions Affiliated to Congress 2010 Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, ICTU
^ Smethurst, John B.; Carter, Peter (June 2009). Historical Directory of Trade Unions. Vol. 6. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing. p. 377. ISBN 9780754666837. LCCN 80-151653.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Logan, John (1999). Teachers' Union: The TUI and Its Forerunners 1899-1994. A. & A. Farmar. p. 313. ISBN 1899047441.