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The Belfast Journeymen Butchers' Association was 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 ( ...
in the
United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
. The union was established in 1891 and grew to a peak membership of 190 in 1910. It merged with the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union (ATGWU) in 1937.


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Transport and General Workers' Union The Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU or T&G) was one of the largest general trade unions in the United Kingdom and Ireland – where it was known as the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union (ATGWU) to differentiate its ...
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TGWU amalgamations The Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) was created in 1922 from a merger of fourteen unions and continued to grow through a series of mergers, amalgamations and transfers of engagements. This process, which is recorded below in chronologi ...


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Defunct trade unions of Ireland Meat industry trade unions Meat processing in the United Kingdom Trade unions established in 1891 Trade unions disestablished in 1937 Trade unions in Northern Ireland Transport and General Workers' Union amalgamations {{UK-trade-union-stub