The National Union of Ships' Clerks, Grain Weighers and Coalmeters 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
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.
The union was in existence by 1912, at which time it had branches in central London,
Grays,
Millwall
Millwall is a district on the western and southern side of the Isle of Dogs, in east London, England, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It lies to the immediate south of Canary Wharf and Limehouse, north of Greenwich and Deptford, east ...
,
Southampton
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,
Surrey Docks and
Tilbury
Tilbury is a port town in the borough of Thurrock, Essex, England. The present town was established as separate settlement in the late 19th century, on land that was mainly part of Chadwell St Mary. It contains a 16th century fort and an ancie ...
. At the time, it was based in
Plaistow and its secretary was G. N. Richmond.
Because of its location, it was also known as the "East Ham Union".
It merged with the
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 ...
in 1922.
[John B. Smethurst and Peter Carter, ''Historical Directory of Trade Unions'', p.159]
See also
*
List of trade unions
This is a list of trade unions and union federations by country.
International federations
Global
* Industrial Workers of the World
* International Trade Union Confederation
* International Workers Association
* World Federation of Trade Unio ...
*
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 ...
*
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 ...
References
Defunct trade unions of the United Kingdom
Port workers' trade unions
Transport and General Workers' Union amalgamations
Trade unions established in 1912
Trade unions disestablished in 1922
1912 establishments in the United Kingdom
Trade unions based in London
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