Building and Allied Trades' Union

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Building and Allied Trades' Union
Founded1998
Members10,020 (2002) [1]
Affiliation ICTU
Office location Dublin, Ireland
CountryIreland
Website batu.ie

The Building and Allied Trades' Union (BATU) is a trade union representing workers in the construction industry and furniture trade in Ireland.

A trade union, also called a labour union or labor union (US), is an association of workers in a particular trade, industry, or company created for the purpose of securing improvement in pay, benefits, working conditions or social and political status through collective bargaining and working conditions through the increased bargaining power wielded by creation of a monopoly of the workers. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with employers. The most common purpose of these associations or unions is "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment". This may include the negotiation of wages, work rules, complaint procedures, rules governing hiring, firing and promotion of workers, benefits, workplace safety and policies.

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Forerunners

Bricklayers in Dublin appear to have been unionised since at least 1792, and the Old Bodymen was founded in 1802, becoming the Regular Operative Brick and Stonelayers by the 1860s, and the Incorporated Brick and Stonelayers of the City of Dublin in the following decade. In 1888, it registered as the Ancient Guild of Incorporated Brick and Stone Layers Trade Union, although its membership was never large, peaking at 1,367 in 1970. [2]

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Formation

In 1998, the Ancient Guild of Incorporated Brick and Stone Layers Trade Union merged with the National Union of Wood Workers and Wood Cutting Machinists, to form the new "Building and Allied Trades' Union". [4]

General Secretaries

1998: Paddy O'Shaughnessy
2011: Brendan O'Sullivan

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References

  1. ↑ Juliet Love and Jillian O'Brien, Western Europe 2003, p.354
  2. ↑ John B. Smethurst and Peter Carter, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, vol.6, p.16
  3. ↑ John B. Smethurst and Peter Carter, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, vol.6, p.142
  4. ↑ John B. Smethurst and Peter Carter, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, vol.6, p.17
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