ABSTRACT
IRISH NATIONAL UNION OF WOODWORKERS Reg. 356i Registered on 21 March 1922 as Irish Union of Woodworkers, one of many new unions formed on the creation of Saorstat Eireann (Irish Free State) in opposition to British-based unions, in this case the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers. It affiliated to the ITUC 1954-95. It merged with the Irish Society of Woodcutting Machinists to form the Irish National Union of Woodworkers and Woodcutting Machinists on 3 January 1979. It merged again with the Ancient Guild of Incorporated Brick and Stonelayers Trade Union to Form the Building and Allied Trade Union (BATU) in 1998, 596T. Sources: ITUC; ICTU; RFS; Devine.
