The Medical Laboratory Scientists' Association (MLSA) is a

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ...

representing laboratory technicians in the

Republic of Ireland Ireland ( ga, Éire ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 Counties of Ireland, counties of the island of Ireland. The capital and largest city is Dublin, on the eastern ...

. The union was founded as the Medical Laboratory Technologists' Association. In 1961, it affiliated to the

Workers' Union of Ireland The Workers' Union of Ireland (WUI), later the Federated Workers' Union of Ireland, was an Irish trade union formed in 1924. In 1990, it merged with the Irish Transport and General Workers Union to form the Services, Industrial, Professional an ...

, but maintained a separate identity, and by 1971 had grown to 420 members. The Workers' Union became part of

SIPTU SIPTU (; ''Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union''; ga, 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 Rep ...

, and the union maintained its affiliation, but in 2001 registered as an independent trade union.John B. Smethurst and Peter Carter, ''Historical Directory of Trade Unions'', vol.6, p.446

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