Next week, the three teacher unions, with 85,000 members between them, hold conferences in Killarney, Wexford and Kilkenny. But overall union numbers are not far from their heyday and have grown in recent years. So, if union members are not in hospitality or tech, where are they working? The current public sector deal expires in June. It’s a mixed bag but fewer than one in five private sector workers are unionised.

Source: The Irish Times April 01, 2026 15:32 UTC