The Scottish Transport and General Workers' Union (Docks) 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 ( ...

representing dock workers in Scotland, principally around

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

. The union was founded in 1932 by dock workers who resigned from 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 ...

(TGWU), in protest at its inability to get employers to agree to compulsory registration of dockers. Many of the dockers were former members of the

Scottish Union of Dock Labourers and Transport Workers The Scottish Union of Dock Labourers was a Glasgow-based trade union for waterfront workers. It was formed during the seamen's and dockers' strikes of June–July 1911. Locally, it replaced the National Union of Dock Labourers, which had bee ...

. Despite the split, the union worked alongside the TGWU with little conflict, and it merged back into the TGWU in 1972.Arthur Marsh and Victoria Ryan, ''Historical Directory of Trade Unions'', vol.3, pp.271, 299

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*Arthur Ivor Marsh, Victoria Ryan. ''Historical Directory of Trade Unions, Volume 5'' Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., Jan 1, 2006 pg. 437 Defunct trade unions of Scotland Port workers' trade unions Transport and General Workers' Union amalgamations Defunct transport organisations based in the United Kingdom Trade unions disestablished in 1972 {{UK-trade-union-stub

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