However the NSFU (which changed its name to the National Union of Seamen in 1926) fell into disrepute by its failure to observe the General Strike in 1926, among other things, and in September 1928 the NSFU was officially expelled from the Trades Union Congress.
[1] In 1951, the union had a victory in a wage claim, having rejected an initial Labour Court Recommendation.
Around that time Des Branigan, seaman, archaeological diver and maritime historian, appeared on the scene and became involved in agitation dealing with Irish Shipping and the Irish Seamen and Port Workers’ Union, among others.
However, the new union was accused of being corrupt, and of being controlled by companies and political parties.
[3] The MPGWU followed the CIU into the new Irish Congress of Trade Unions in 1959, but it left in 1970.