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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 ...

(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 chronological order, continued through to 2007 when the TGWU itself merged with Amicus to form a new union called

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1922 (founder members)

Amalgamated Society of Watermen, Lightermen and Bargemen The Amalgamated Society of Watermen, Lightermen and Bargemen was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1889 as the Amalgamated Society of Watermen and Lightermen of the River Thames. In 1901, it merged with the Watchm ...

Amalgamated Carters, Lurrymen and Motormen's Union The Amalgamated Carters, Lurrymen and Motormen's Union was a trade union representing commercial road transport workers in the north of England. History The union was founded in Bolton in 1890, as the Bolton and District Carters and Lurrymen's Uni ...

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Associated Horsemen's Union Associated may refer to: *Associated, former name of Avon, Contra Costa County, California * Associated Hebrew Schools of Toronto, a school in Canada *Associated Newspapers, former name of DMG Media, a British publishing company See also *Associati ...

Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Labourers' Union The Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Labourers Union (DWRGLU), often known as the Dockers' Union, was a British trade union representing dock workers in the United Kingdom. History The union was founded in 1887 as the Tea Operatives and Gen ...

Labour Protection League The National Amalgamated Stevedores and Dockers (NASD), sometimes referred to as the National Amalgamated Stevedores' and Dockers' Society, was a trade union in the United Kingdom. History The union was founded in 1871 as the Labour Protection ...

National Amalgamated Labourers' Union The National Amalgamated Labourers' Union (NALU) was a trade union representing unskilled labourers in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1889, initially based in Cardiff, and later in Swansea. Its membership long varied between 3,00 ...

National Union of Docks, Wharves and Shipping Staffs The National Union of Docks, Wharves and Shipping Staffs (NUDWSS) was a trade union representing administrative staff working in shipping and related industries in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1909 as the Port of London Staff Asso ...

National Union of Ships' Clerks, Grain Weighers and Coalmeters The National Union of Ships' Clerks, Grain Weighers and Coalmeters was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The union was in existence by 1912, at which time it had branches in central London, Grays, Millwall, Southampton, Surrey Docks and T ...

National Union of Vehicle Workers The National Union of Vehicle Workers was a trade union representing drivers in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1888 as the London Carmen's Trade Union. By the following year, it had a membership of more than 6,000, but this then bega ...

National Amalgamated Coal Workers' Union The National Amalgamated Coal Workers' Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom which existed between 1889 and 1922. It represented coal porters and carmen. History The union was formed as the National Amalgamated Coal Porters Union of I ...

North of England Trimmers' and Teemers Association The North of England Trimmers' and Teemers Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The union was formed in 1871 and merged with the Tyne and Blyth association in 1902. It had 1,500 members in 1908, increasing to 1,913 in 1915. Tr ...

North of Scotland Horse and Motormen's Association North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating Direction (geometry), direction or geography. Etymology T ...

United Vehicle Workers The United Vehicle Workers was a trade union representing drivers in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1919 when the London and Provincial Union of Licensed Vehicle Workers merged with the Amalgamated Association of Tramway and Vehicle ...

1922 (later amalgamations)

National Union of Dock, Riverside and General Workers The National Union of Dock Labourers (NUDL) was a trade union in the United Kingdom which existed between 1889 and 1922. History It was formed in Glasgow in 1889 but moved its headquarters to Liverpool within a few years and was thereafter ...

Scottish Union of Dock Labourers 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 been ...

National Union of British Fishermen The National Union of British Fishermen was a trade union representing fishermen in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1917 in Grimsby by Captain Bingham, a retired fishing skipper. It was originally known as the Grimsby Fishermen' ...

Greenock Sugar Porters' Association Greenock (; sco, Greenock; gd, Grianaig, ) is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council areas of Scotland, council area in Scotland, United Kingdom and a former burgh of barony, burgh within the Counties of Scotland, historic ...

1923

North Wales Craftsmen and General Workers' Union The North Wales Craftsmen and General Workers' Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1923. References *Arthur Ivor Marsh. ''Concise encyclopedia of industrial relations.'' Gower ...

North Wales Quarrymen's Union The North Wales Quarrymen's Union (NWQU) was a trade union in the United Kingdom. History The union was founded on 27 April 1874 at the Queen's Hotel, Caernarfon after a month of discussions between quarrymen from Dinorwic and other supporters ...

1924

Belfast Breadservers' Trade Union The Belfast Breadservers' Trade Union represents people working in retail bakers in Northern Ireland. The union was founded in 1896. Its membership varied dramatically over time, from 150 in 1897 to only 15 in 1899, then 340 in 1911. It merged w ...

United Order of General Labourers The United Order of General Labourers was a trade union representing labourers, mostly in the construction industry, in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1878 in London, initially as a very small organisation - by 1887, it had only 64 ...

1925

Association of Coastwise Masters, Mates and Engineers Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary associatio ...

Weaver Watermen's Association The Weaver Watermen's Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It was first registered in 1898 and was based in Winsford, Cheshire. Its total membership was in the low 400s for most of its existence. It merged with the Transport and ...

1926

Irish Mental Hospital Workers' Union The Irish Mental Hospital Workers' Union was a trade union in Ireland. It was formed in 1912 as a split from the National Asylum Workers' Union, and it merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1926. History The Irish Mental Hospita ...

National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Firemen, Mechanics, Motormen and Electrical Workers The National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Firemen, Mechanics, Motormen and Electrical Workers was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It represented stationary engine drivers and cranemen in a wide variety of industries, as well as less sk ...

1928

Cumberland Enginemen, Boilermen and Electrical Workers' Union The Cumberland Enginemen, Boilermen and Electrical Workers' Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1928. References See also * List of trade unions * Transport and General Worke ...

1929

Public Works and Constructional Operatives' Union The Public Works and Constructional Operatives' Union was a trade union representing labourers in the United Kingdom. History The union was founded in 1889 by Andrew Hall and Arthur Humphrey in West Ham, late in 1889, Navvies, Bricklayers' Lab ...

(Staffordshire District) *

Workers' Union The Workers' Union was a general union based in the United Kingdom, but with some branches in other countries. During the 1910s, it was the largest general union in the UK, but it entered a rapid decline in the 1920s, and eventually became part ...

1930

Belfast Operative Bakers' Union The Belfast Operative Bakers' Union was a trade union representing bakery workers in Northern Ireland. The union described itself as having been founded in 1817 as the Belfast Bakers' Society. By 1892, it was known as the Belfast Operative Bakers ...

Northern Ireland Textile Workers' Union The Northern Ireland Textile Workers' Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1930. See also * List of trade unions * Transport and General Workers' Union * TGWU amalgamations T ...

1933

Portadown Textile Workers' Union The Portadown Textile Workers' Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The union split from the Portadown, Banbridge and District Textile Workers' Union, which had been established in 1909. Always a very small union, it merged with the Tr ...

Scottish Farm Servants' Union The Scottish Farm Servants' Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The organisation was founded in 1912, when a group of farm labourers from Turriff asked the Aberdeen Trades Council to help them form a union. Joseph Forbes Duncan, sec ...

London Co-operative Mutuality Club Collectors' Association London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major s ...

1934

National Union of Co-operative Insurance Society Employees The National Union of Co-operative Insurance Society Employees (NUCISE) was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The union split from the recently formed National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers in 1922.Arthur Ivor Marsh and Victoria R ...

* Scottish Busmen's Union *

Altogether Builders' Labourers and Constructional Workers' Society The Altogether Builders' Labourers and Constructional Workers' Society was a trade union representing labourers in the construction industry in the United Kingdom. The union originated around the turn of 1889 and 1890 as the National Associati ...

1935

National Winding and General Engineers' Society The National Winding and General Engineers' Society was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It primarily represented stationary engineers employed at underground coal mines to operate the winding engines which ran the mining hoists. The operat ...

1936

Electricity Supply Staff Association (Dublin) The Electricity Supply Staff Association (Dublin) was a trade union in Ireland. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1936. See also * List of trade unions * Transport and General Workers' Union * TGWU amalgamations Reference ...

Halifax and District Carters' and Motormen's Association The Halifax and District Carters' and Motormen's Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1936. See also * List of trade unions * Transport and General Workers' Union * TGWU ...

1937

Power Loom Tenters' Trade Union of Ireland The Power Loom Tenters' Trade Union of Ireland was a trade union representing workers involved in stretching linen being manufactured in the Belfast area of Ireland. The union was founded in 1877 as the Belfast and North of Ireland Power Loom Ten ...

Belfast Journeymen Butchers' Association The Belfast Journeymen Butchers' Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom. 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 19 ...

* Scottish Seafishers' Union

1938

Humber Amalgamated Steam Trawlers' Engineers, and Firemen's Union The Humber Amalgamated Steam Trawler Engineers and Firemen's Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It reached a peak membership of 1,222 in 1926. The secretary of the union in 1919 was H. Gibbons. The union had its offices in West Dock ...

Imperial War Graves Commission Staff Association The Imperial War Graves Commission Staff Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1938 and renamed Unite the Union{{clarify, date=February 2015 when the transport and genera ...

Port of London Deal Porters' Union The Port of London Deal Porters' Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1939. The union represented deal porters, who handled baulks of imported softwood at the Port of London, pri ...

1939

North of England Engineers' and Firemen's Amalgamation The North of England Engineers' and Firemen's Amalgamation was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1939. See also * List of trade unions * Transport and General Workers' Union * TGWU a ...

1940

National Glass Workers' Trade Protection Association The National Glass Workers' Trade Protection Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1920, when the Yorkshire Glass Bottle Makers' United Trade Protection Society merged with the majority of the National Gla ...

Radcliffe and District Enginemen and Boilermen's Provident Society The Radcliffe and District Enginemen and Boilermen's Provident Society was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1940. See also * List of trade unions * Transport and General Workers' Unio ...

National Glass Bottle Makers' Society The National Glass Bottle Makers' Society was a trade union representing workers involved in the manufacture of glass bottles in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in Leeds in 1903 as a split from the National Flint Glass Makers' Society ...

1943

Manchester Ship Canal Pilots' Association The Manchester Ship Canal Pilots' Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1943. See also * List of trade unions * Transport and General Workers' Union * TGWU amalgamations ...

1944

* Grangemouth Pilots' Association

1945

* Leith and Granston Pilots * Dundee Pilots * Methil Pilots

1947

Government Civil Employees' Association The Government Civil Employees' Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1946. See also * List of trade unions * Transport and General Workers' Union * TGWU amalgamations T ...

Liverpool and District Carters' and Motormen's Union The Liverpool and District Carters' and Motormen's Union (LDCMU) was a trade union representing cart drivers in the Merseyside area of England. The union was founded in 1889 as the Mersey Quay and Railway Carters' Union. It opposed the New Uni ...

1951

Lurgan Hemmers' Veiners' and General Workers' Union The Lurgan Hemmers' Veiners' and General Workers' Union, also known as the Lurgan Hemmers' and Veiners' Trade Union and the Lurgan Hemmers' and Veiners' and General Women Workers' Trade Union, was a trade union in Northern Ireland. It was formed i ...

1952

United Cut Nail Makers of Great Britain Protection Society The United Cut Nail Makers of Great Britain Protection Society was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1952. See also * TGWU amalgamations The Transport and General Workers Union (TGW ...

1961

Scottish Textile Workers' Union The Scottish Textile Workers' Union was a trade union representing textile workers in parts of Scotland. The union was founded as the Kirkcaldy Mill and Factory Workers' Union at an unknown date. By 1907, it had been renamed as the "Scottish Te ...

1962

National Union of Shale Miners and Oil Workers The National Union of Shale Miners and Oil Workers was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1962. History The Scottish Shale Miners and Manual Workers' Union was founded in 1886 by John ...

1963

Gibraltar Confederation of Labour The Gibraltar Confederation of Labour was a trade union established in the British and at the time Crown colony of Gibraltar in 1947, and promoted by the Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights (AACR). Its first president was Albert Risso ...

Gibraltar Apprentices and Ex-Apprentices Union The Gibraltar Apprentices and Ex-Apprentices Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1963. See also * List of trade unions * Transport and General Workers' Union * TGWU amalgamati ...

* Gibraltar Labour Trades Union

1965

* North of Ireland Operative Butchers' and Allied Workers' Association *

United Fishermen's Union The United Fishermen's Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1923 when the Tyne Steam Packet Provident Society merged with the South Shields Steam Tugboatmen's Provident Society. It was initially known as the ...

1967

Cardiff, Penarth and Barry Coal Trimmers' Union The Cardiff, Penarth and Barry Coal Trimmers' Union was a trade union representing workers involved in trimming coal and loading on to ships, in South Wales. History The union was founded in 1888 as the Cardiff and Penarth Coaltrimmers' Protecti ...

1968

National Association of Operative Plasterers __NOTOC__ The National Association of Operative Plasterers (NAOP) was a trade union representing plasterers in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1860 and regarded itself as an amalgamation of three local societies. It immediately at ...

Scottish Slaters, Tilers, Roofers and Cement Workers' Society The Scottish Slaters, Tilers, Roofers and Cement Workers' Society was a trade union representing slaters in Scotland. The union was founded in Glasgow in 1866 as the Amalgamated Slaters' Society of Scotland, and initially focused on providing ...

1969

Amalgamated Society of Foremen Lightermen of River Thames The Amalgamated Society of Foremen Lightermen of River Thames was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1969. See also * List of trade unions * Transport and General Workers' Union * TG ...

Irish Union of Hairdressers and Allied Workers The Irish Union of Hairdressers and Allied Workers was a trade union in the United Kingdom representing hairdressers, barbers, and hairdressers assistants. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1969. See also * List of trade ...

Port of Liverpool Staff Association The Port of Liverpool Staff Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It was established in 1969 as part of the Association of Clerical, Technical and Supervisory Staffs, itself part of the Transport and General Workers' Union ...

Process and General Workers' Union The Process and General Workers' Union was a British trade union representing workers involved in mining and processing salt, and related industries, mostly in Cheshire. History The union was founded in November 1888, as the Northwich Amalgamated ...

1970

Sheffield Amalgamated Union of File Trades The Sheffield Amalgamated Union of File Trades was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1915 by the merger of the Machine File Forgers' Union and the Machine File Cutters' Union. In 1917, it merged with the hand-file forgers a ...

1971

Scottish Commercial Motormen's Union The Scottish Commercial Motormen's Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1971. History The union was founded in 1898 as the Scottish Carters' Association. Hugh Lyon was appointe ...

Watermen, Lightermen, Tugmen and Bargemen's Union The Watermen, Lightermen, Tugmen and Bargemen's Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The union was formed in 1925 when the watermen and lightermen belonging to the National Amalgamated Stevedores, Lightermen, Watermen and Dockers decid ...

* Chemical Workers' Union

1972

National Union of Vehicle Builders The National Union of Vehicle Builders (NUVB) was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The NUVB represented a mixture of skilled and unskilled workers in the automotive industry. History The union was formed in 1834 as the United Kingdom Societ ...

Scottish Transport and General Workers' Union (Docks) The Scottish Transport and General Workers' Union (Docks) was a trade union representing dock workers in Scotland, principally around Glasgow. The union was founded in 1932 by dock workers who resigned from the Transport and General Workers' Un ...

1973

Iron, Steel and Wood Barge Builders and Helpers Association The Iron, Steel and Wood Barge Builders and Helpers Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1872 as the Barge Builders Trade Union, also known as the River Thames Barge Builders Trade Union, and adopted this titl ...

1974

Union of Bookmakers Employees The Union of Bookmakers' Employees (UBE) was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1974.The inaugural meeting was in Manchester Town Hall See also * List of trade unions * Transport and ...

* Union of Kodak Workers

1975

* File Grinders' Society

1976

* Grimsby Steam and Diesel Fishing Vessels Engineers' and Firemen's Union

1978

National Association of Youth Hostel Wardens The National Association of Youth Hostel Wardens was a trade union representing workers at youth hostels in England and Wales. The union was founded in 1948 as the National Federation of Wardens' Associations. In 1965, it became the "National A ...

Staff Association for Royal Automobile Club Employees The Staff Association for Royal Automobile Club Employees was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1978. See also * List of trade unions * Transport and General Workers' Union * TGWU am ...

1982

National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers The National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers (NUAW) was a trade union in the United Kingdom which existed between 1906 and 1982. It represented farmworkers. History The union was established as the Eastern Counties Agricultural Labou ...

National Amalgamated Stevedores' and Dockers' Society The National Amalgamated Stevedores and Dockers (NASD), sometimes referred to as the National Amalgamated Stevedores' and Dockers' Society, was a trade union in the United Kingdom. History The union was founded in 1871 as the Labour Protection ...

National Union of Dyers, Bleachers and Textile Workers The National Union of Dyers, Bleachers and Textile Workers (NUDBTW) was a trade union in the United Kingdom. History The union was founded in 1936 with the merger of the National Union of Textile Workers, which was the main union representing ...

1984

Burnley, Nelson, Rossendale and District Textile Workers' Union The Burnley, Nelson, Rossendale and District Textile Workers' Union (BNRDTWU) was a trade union representing cotton industry workers in the Burnley and Nelson areas of Lancashire in England. The union was formed in 1966 with the merger of the ...

Northern Textile and Allied Workers' Union The Northern Textile and Allied Workers' Union was a trade union representing cotton factory workers in northern Lancashire in England. The union was founded in 1886 as the Accrington District Card and Blowing Room Operatives' and Ring Spinners' ...

Sheffield Sawmakers' Protection Society The Sheffield Sawmakers' Protection Society (SSPS) was a trade union representing workers involved in making saws and similar blades, in Sheffield in England. The origin of the union is unclear. The union described itself as having been founded i ...

1987

Amalgamated Union of Asphalt Workers The Amalgamated Union of Asphalt Workers (AUAW) was a trade union representing workers in the asphalt industry in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1938 with the merger of the National Asphalt Workers' Union and the Northern Asphalt W ...

* National Tile, Faience and Mosaic Fixers' Society

1993

Lancashire Box, Packing Case and General Woodworkers' Society The Lancashire Box, Packing Case and General Woodworkers' Society (LBPCGW) was a long-lived trade union in England, principally representing workers involved in making wooden boxes in the Manchester area. History The union was founded in 1825 as ...

Yorkshire Association of Power Loom Overlookers The Yorkshire Association of Power Loom Overlookers (YAPLO) was a trade union representing junior supervisors in weaving in the United Kingdom. The association was founded in 1911 as the Yorkshire Federation of Power Loom Overlookers, then in 192 ...

Gary N. Chaison, ''Union Mergers in Hard Times: The View from Five Countries'', pp. 173–184

1995

Electrical and Plumbing Industries Union {{short description, UK trade union The Electrical and Plumbing Industries Union (EPIU) was a trade union representing engineers, plumbers and related workers in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1988 as a split from the Electrical, Elec ...

1997

National Association of Licensed House Managers The National Association of Licensed house Managers (NALHM) was a trade union representing publicans in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1970, in response to a growing trend of breweries purchasing public houses and then employing manag ...

2000

* Northern Carpet Trades Union

2004

National Union of Lock and Metal Workers The National Union of Lock and Metal Workers (NULM) was a trade union representing workers involved in the manufacture of metal items in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1889 in Willenhall as the National Amalgamated Lock, Latch and K ...

2006

Community and Youth Workers' Union The Community and Youth Workers Union (CYWU) was a British trade union created in 1938 by ten female voluntary sector workers. It is now a section of Unite the Union. Its members were mainly made up of youth workers, workers in youth theatre, c ...

2007

In 2007 the T&G merged with Amicus to form

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