John F. Carroll is a former Irish trade union leader. He was vice-president of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union from 1969 to 1981, when the became the union's president until its merger in 1990 with the Federated Workers' Union of Ireland to form the new Services, Industrial, Professional & Technical Union.
Carroll also served briefly as a senator. In 1981, he was nominated by the Taoiseach, Garret FitzGerald as a member of the 15th Seanad Éireann. The 15th Seanad was short-lived, and Carroll was not re-appointed in 1982 to the 16th Seanad.[1]
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Fintan Kennedy |
President of the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union 1981–1990 |
Succeeded by Position abolished |
| Preceded by Jim McCusker |
President of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions 1987 |
Succeeded by William Wallace |
| Preceded by New position |
President of the Services, Industrial, Professional and Technical Union 1990–1997? with Bill Attley |
Succeeded by Jimmy Somers |