asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state (1) the titles of the several trade unions to which negotiation licences have been granted under the provisions of Section 10 of the Trade Union Act, 1941, and the total membership of each such union as shown in the form of application for the negotiation licence; (2) the sum deposited with the High Court by each such union under the provisions of Section 7 of the Trade Union Act, 1941, and (3) the membership of each such union certified by its officials in the annual return made to the registrar in the case of unions required to make such returns in respect of the year 1941 or, as the case may be, in the last annual return furnished by each such union under the Trade Union Acts 1871 to 1935.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Trade Union Licences.
As the information asked for can best be presented in tabular form, I will circulate it with the Official Report.
Following is the statement referred to:—
TRADE UNION ACT, 1941—PARTICULARS RELATING TO TRADE UNIONS TO WHICH NEGOTIATION LICENCES HAVE BEEN GRANTED.
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Name of Trade Union |
Number of Members as stated in application for negotiation licence |
DEPOSIT LODGED WITH HIGH COURT |
Number of Members as stated in the latest annual return made to the Registrar. (Except in the case marked* the figures in this column are taken from the annual return for the year 1941.) |
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Cash |
Securities(Nominal Value) |
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£ |
£ |
s. |
d. |
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IRISH UNIONS. |
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Building Workers' Trade Union |
1,741 |
500 |
— |
No Return yet due. |
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Cork Employers' Association |
142 |
1,000 |
— |
No Return yet due. |
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Cork Grocers' and Allied Trades' Assistants Association |
320 |
— |
500 |
0 |
0 |
320 |
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Cork House Painters' Society |
109 |
250 |
— |
92 |
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Cork Operative Butchers' Society |
90 |
500 |
— |
90 |
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County Louth Master Bakers' Union |
9 |
1,000 |
— |
No Return yet due. |
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Electrical Trades' Union (Ireland) |
1,010 |
— |
1,344 |
5 |
1 |
984 |
|
Irish Automobile Drivers' and Automobile Mechanics' Union |
454 |
— |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
454 |
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Irish Bank Officials' Association |
5,600 |
— |
5,489 |
7 |
4 |
No Return yet due. |
|
Irish Drug Association |
600 |
— |
1,200 |
0 |
0 |
600 |
|
Irish Engineering and Foundry Union |
2,424 |
— |
2,196 |
15 |
11 |
2,547 |
|
Irish Engineering Industrial Union |
1,699 |
— |
2,000 |
0 |
0 |
1,758 |
|
Irish Local Government Officials' Union |
1,300 |
— |
1,626 |
11 |
6 |
1,304 |
|
Irish National Union of Vintners, Grocers and Allied Trades' Assistants |
1,978 |
— |
2,000 |
0 |
0 |
1,978 |
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Irish Transport and General Workers' Union |
36,000 |
— |
10,000 |
0 |
0 |
36,000 |
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Irish Union of Distributive Workers and Clerks |
8,838 |
— |
6,800 |
0 |
0 |
8,838 |
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Irish Vehicle and General Woodworkers' Trade Union |
199 |
500 |
— |
199 |
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Irish Women Workers' Union |
5,101 |
— |
4,200 |
0 |
0 |
5,101 |
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Limerick Employers' Federation |
44 |
1,000 |
— |
No Return yet due. |
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|
National Union of Sheet Metal Workers and Gas Meter Makers of Ireland |
290 |
500 |
500 |
0 |
0 |
No Return yet due. |
|
Operative Plasterers' Trade Society of Dublin |
845 |
— |
400 |
0 |
0 |
845 |
|
Petroleum Distributors' Association |
20 |
1,000 |
— |
No Return yet due. |
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The Dublin Master Printers' and Allied Trades' Union |
30 |
350 |
650 |
0 |
0 |
No Return yet due. |
|
The Dublin Master Victuallers' Association |
209 |
— |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
No Return yet due. |
|
The Dublin Typographical Provident Society |
1,145 |
— |
1,400 |
0 |
0 |
1,145 |
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The Electrotypers' and Stereotypers' Society Dublin and District |
77 |
— |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
77 |
|
The Federated Union of Employers |
55 |
— |
953 |
10 |
4 |
No Return yet due. |
|
The Federation of Builders' Contractors and Allied Employers of Ireland |
209 |
— |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
No Return yet due. |
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The Industrial and Life Assurance Agents' Union Of Ireland |
957 |
1,400 |
— |
836 |
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The Irish Bakers, Confectioners and Allied Workers' Amalgamated Union |
3,044 |
— |
2,400 |
0 |
0 |
3 038 |
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The Irish Bookbinders and Allied Trades' Union |
340 |
— |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
340 |
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The Irish Flour Millers' Union |
36 |
— |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
No Return yet due. |
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The Irish Power Operatives and Allied Workers' Trade Union |
309 |
500 |
500 |
0 |
0 |
209 |
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The Irish Seamen's and Port Workers' Union |
1,379 |
400 |
— |
1,342 |
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The Irish Society of Wood-Cutting Machinists |
390 |
500 |
— |
389 |
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The Shipping Federation (Association of Eire) |
9 |
1,000 |
— |
No Return yet due. |
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The Society of Dublin Coal Importers |
17 |
10 |
911 |
0 |
0 |
No Return yet due. |
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The Woodcutting Machinists' Union of Ireland |
200 |
250 |
— |
No Return yet due. |
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|
Workers' Union of Ireland |
5,000 |
1,000 |
— |
12,542 |
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UNIONS HAVING HEADQUARTERS OUTSIDE EIRE. |
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Amalgamated Engineering Union |
1,693 |
1,800 |
— |
— |
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Amalgamated Slaters' and Tilers' Provident Society |
187 |
1,000 |
— |
— |
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Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers |
4,220 |
— |
3,600 |
0 |
0 |
— |
|
Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union |
4,120 |
— |
6,000 |
0 |
0 |
— |
|
Amalgamated Union of Upholsterers of Great Britain and Ireland |
470 |
1,000 |
— |
— |
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Associated Blacksmiths' Forge and Smithy Workers' Society |
138 |
1,000 |
— |
— |
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Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen |
935 |
— |
1,223 |
0 |
0 |
— |
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Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen |
41 |
— |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
— |
|
National Amalgamated Furnishing Trades' Association |
540 |
1,200 |
— |
— |
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National Amalgamated Society of Operative House and Ship Painters and Decorators |
938 |
— |
1,400 |
0 |
0 |
— |
|
National Society of Coppersmiths, Brasiers and Metal Workers |
73 |
— |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
— |
|
National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives |
3,498 |
3,000 |
— |
— |
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National Union of Railwaymen |
5,488 |
— |
4,200 |
0 |
0 |
— |
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National Union of Seamen |
500 |
1,000 |
— |
— |
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National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers |
2,432 |
2,400 |
— |
— |
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Plumbers' Glaziers' and Domestic Engineers Union |
857 |
1,400 |
— |
— |
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The Cigarette Machine Operators' Society |
36 |
1,000 |
— |
— |
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The Institute of Journalists |
160 |
— |
1,000 |
0 |
0 |
— |
|
The National Union of Vehicle Builders |
490 |
1,000 |
— |
— |
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The Railway Clerks' Association |
2,050 |
— |
2,500 |
0 |
0 |
— |
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The Textile Operatives' Society of Ireland |
220 |
1,000 |
— |
— |
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Typographical Association |
748 |
1,200 |
— |
— |
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United Society of Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders |
350 |
1,000 |
— |
— |