The Irish Mental Hospital Workers' Union (Known at first as the Irish Asylum Workers' Union) was founded in 1917 in Dublin. Its peak years of activity were between 1917 and 1921. Amongst its greatest achievements was the negotiation of national minimum conditions of employment in 1920.
The Irish Mental Hospital Workers' Union, established in Dublin in 1917, achieved its greatest success during its peak years between 1917 and 1921. The union secured national minimum employment standards in 1920.