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Energy Services Union

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Energy Services Union
Founded1959
Headquarters43 East James's Place, Dublin
Location
Members
1,400[1]
Key people
Fran O'Neill (General Secretary)
AffiliationsIrish Congress of Trade Unions
Websitewww.esu.ie

The Energy Services Union is a trade union representing workers at the ESB Group in Ireland.

The union was founded in 1959 as the Electricity Supply Board Officers' Association, and by the following year had a membership of 1,116, growing to 1,800 ten years later. It affiliated to the Irish Congress of Trades Unions in 1976. David Begg became its general secretary in 1982, serving for three years.[2]

In 2012, the union renamed itself as the "Energy Services Union".

General Secretaries

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1982: David Begg
1985:
1990s: Willie Cremins
2000s: Fran O'Neill

References

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  1. ^ Energy Services Union, "How we work"
  2. ^ John B. Smethurst and Peter Carter, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, vol.6, p.370