Esther Lynch

Esther Lynch (born 1963) is an Irish trade unionist.

Lynch worked in a factory in the 1980s, making microchips, where she first joined a union. She then moved to become a political advisor to Joan Burton, the Minister for Social Affairs. In 1993, she moved to work for the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, where her role included negotiations on pay and social partnership agreements. In 2015, she became confederal secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), and in 2019, she was elected as its deputy general secretary.

In 2022, Lynch was elected as general secretary of the ETUC, the first Irish person and second woman to hold the post. As leader of the federation, she prioritised fighting for fair pay, equal pay for women, employment security, and workers' rights.