{{Infobox union , name = National Union of Warehouse and General Workers , image = , founded = 1911 , dissolved = 1921 , merged =

National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers The National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers (NUDAW) was a trade union in the United Kingdom. History The union was founded in 1921 when the Amalgamated Union of Co-operative Employees merged with the National Union of Warehouse and Gen ...

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William Albert Robinson William Albert Robinson (1877 – 31 December 1949) was a British Labour Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for St Helens from his election at the 1935 general election until the 1945 election. Career Robinson had ...

(Gen Sec) , headquarters = Spekeland Buildings, 22 Canning Place,

Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...

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trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

representing workers, mostly in commercial warehouses, in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1911 when six local unions in

and

Manchester Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...

merged, forming the Amalgamated General and Warehouse Workers' Union. Although the majority of members worked in commercial warehouses, one of the founding unions included tobacco workers, who also transferred to the new union. In 1913, the union renamed itself as the "National Union of Warehouse and General Workers".Arthur Marsh and John B. Smethurst, ''Historical Directory of Trade Unions'', vol.5, pp.104-105 The membership of the union varied considerably; it had 6,000 members on formation, but this fell to 4,000 the following year, before rising to 7,688 in 1915. It recruited huge numbers of members during

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

, and by 1920 claimed a membership of 96,000. It was particularly successful in recruiting toymakers, and by the end of the war, around 2,000 of its members worked in the sector.Kenneth D. Brown, ''The British Toy Business: A History Since 1700'', p.94 At the start of 1921, the union merged with the

Amalgamated Union of Co-operative Employees The Amalgamated Union of Co-operative Employees (AUCE) was a trade union representing retail and related staff of co-operative businesses in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1891 at a meeting in Romiley and was originally named the Ma ...

, forming the

General Secretaries

:1911: Joseph Cleary :c.1920:

References

Defunct trade unions of the United Kingdom 1911 establishments in the United Kingdom Trade unions established in 1911 Retail trade unions Trade unions disestablished in 1921 1921 disestablishments in the United Kingdom Trade unions based in Merseyside