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The Union of Bookmakers' Employees (UBE) 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 European mainland, continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
. 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 1974.The inaugural meeting was in Manchester Town Hall


See also

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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 Un ...
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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 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

*Arthur Ivor Marsh, Victoria Ryan. ''Historical Directory of Trade Unions, Volume 5'' Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., Jan 1, 2006 pg. 437


External links


Catalogue of the UBE archives
held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick Defunct trade unions of the United Kingdom Transport and General Workers' Union amalgamations Trade unions disestablished in 1974 {{UK-trade-union-stub