| Country: | Northern Ireland |
| Labour and Trade Union Group | |
| Leader: | Peter Hadden |
| Foundation: | 1972 |
| Dissolution: | 1996 |
| Position: | Far Left |
| Ideology: | Trotskyism Marxism |
The Labour and Trade Union Group was an organisation for supporters of the Militant tendency in Northern Ireland.
The group originated in the Northern Ireland Labour Party (NILP), but developed a separate existence as that organisation declined in support,[1] and was expelled from the NILP in 1977.[2] It was initially named the "Labour and Trade Union Coordinating Committee", and aimed to include other left-wingers. It campaigned for a Conference of Labour, at which trade unions, socialist groups and community campaigns could agree on a coordinated approach to labour movement politics, but no such conference was ever held.[3]
The group failed to win any support and was largely considered a fringe party. It stood Muriel Tang in the 1983 United Kingdom general election in Belfast East, where she took 1.5% of the vote.[4] It then stood three candidates for Belfast City Council at the 1985 Northern Ireland local elections, none of whom were elected.[5] At the 1992 general election, it stood two candidates, including leader Peter Hadden, who took 1,264 votes between them.[6] By 1993, it was part of the all-Ireland Militant Labour. It joined the short-lived Labour coalition in 1996 before formally merging with Militant Labour to form the Socialist Party.