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  • Glass Bottle Makers Quick View
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    • Glass Bottle Makers

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    • 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 of Great Britain and Ireland. It affiliated to the Trades Union Congress (TUC), at which time it was led…
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    • Iron Moulders

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    • The Associated Iron Moulders of Scotland (AIMS) was a trade union representing foundry workers in Scotland. The union was created in 1831 as the Scottish Iron Moulders’ Union. Its founder was James Dunn, a former cotton worker who had been blacklisted for trade union activities in his own trade. He spotted a gap produced by the failure of the Scottish…
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  • National Association of Operative Plasterers Quick View
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    • National Association of Operative Plasterers

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    • 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 attracted a high membership for a union of the time, having 4,802 members in 1866, and although this fell to 2,400 by the end of…
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  • Spindle and Flyer Makers Quick View
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    • Spindle and Flyer Makers

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    • The United Operative Spindle and Flyer Makers’ Trade and Friendly Society was founded in 1856 and was one of the longest surviving Unions making textile machines and fittings. In 1860 the Union applied to join the Amalgamated Society of Engineers but was refused on the grounds that its members were not skilled tradesmen. The Union developed independently and reached a…
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  • The Amalgamated Society of Core Makers Quick View
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    • The Amalgamated Society of Core Makers

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    • The Amalgamated Society of Core Makers of Great Britain and Ireland (ASC) was a trade union representing foundry workers in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1902 by a large number of local unions, with a total membership of less than 1,000. About half the members came from the Manchester and District Coremakers’ Society, the largest of the…
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  • The Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Labourers Union Quick View
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    • The Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Labourers Union

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    • 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. The union was founded in 1887 as the Tea Operatives and General Labourers’ Association, to organise opposition to a cut in wages for workers involved in unloading and processing tea at the East…
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  • The United Kingdom Society of Coach Makers Quick View
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    • The United Kingdom Society of Coach Makers

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    • The United Kingdom Society of Coachmakers was formed in 1834 by the Liverpool and Manchester Coachmakers’ Societies after they had co-operated during a strike. In 1919 it amalgamated with the London and Provincial Coachmakers’ Society, the Operative Coachmakers and Wheelwrights’ Federal Labour Union, and the London Coachsmiths and Vicemen’s Trade Society to form the National Union of Vehicle Builders. In…
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