Fintan Kennedy
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Fintan Kennedy | |
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Senator | |
In office 5 November 1969 – 8 October 1981 | |
Constituency | Labour Panel |
Personal details | |
Died | 24 March 1984 |
Political party | Labour Party |
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Fintan Kennedy (died 24 March 1984) was an Irish trade unionist.
The son of Thomas Kennedy, a prominent trade unionist,[1] Kennedy joined the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union in 1934, rising to serve as General Secretary of the union from 1959, then as General President from 1969.[2] During his secretaryship, membership of the union grew steadily.[3]
In 1966, Kennedy served as President of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions,[4] while he served as Treasurer from 1968.[4] He was elected to the Labour Panel of the Seanad Éireann in 1969 and representing the Labour Party.[5] He retired from all his positions in the labour movement in 1981.[2]
References
- ^ Donal Nevin, Trade union century, p.351
- ^ a b Irish Transport and General Workers Union Archived 2010-10-09 at the Wayback Machine, Irish Labour History Museum
- ^ Arthur Ivor Marsh and Victoria Ryan, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, p.464
- ^ a b Donal Nevin, Trade union century, p.439
- ^ "Fintan Kennedy". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
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