SIPTU

SIPTU

Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union
An Ceardchumann Seirbhísí, Tionsclaíoch, Gairmiúil agus Teicniúil
Founded	1990
Headquarters	Dublin, Ireland
Location	Ireland
Members	206,881[1]
Key people	Joe Cunningham, General Secretary Ethel Buckley, Deputy General Secretary Gerry McCormack, Deputy General Secretary John King, Deputy General Secretary
Affiliations	ICTU,
Website	www.siptu.ie

SIPTU (/ˈsɪptuː/; Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union; Irish: An Ceardchumann Seirbhísí, Tionsclaíoch, Gairmiúil agus Teicniúil) is Ireland's largest trade union, with around 200,000 members. Most of these members are in the Republic of Ireland, although the union does have a Northern Ireland District Committee. Its head office, Liberty Hall, is in Dublin, and the union has five industrial divisions, three in the private sector and two in the public sector. SIPTU is affiliated to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions.