John F. Carroll (8 January 1925 – 19 April 2018)[1] was an Irish trade union leader.
Carroll was born in the Ballybough, an inner city district of northeast Dublin.
He began as a branch assistant, but by 1958 was Head of Industrial Movements, where one of his roles was monitoring wage rates.
He gained a diploma in Industrial Engineering from Columbia University in New York City.
[1] A lifelong Labour Party member, Carroll also served briefly as a senator.