Not until the formation of the Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) would they even recognize unions. Historical Directory of Trade Unions - Page 524 by Arthur Ivor Marsh - 2006 - 586 pages Limited preview - About this book
...led by Terence O'Neill. Some important policy changes followed, for example the recognition in 1964 of the Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. However there were political limits to reform. The crisis of the late 1 960s set Northern Ireland on...