Contents
This is the contents page for Trade Union Ancestors, listing all other pages on the site.
The trade union story
1800-1850 – From illegality to uneasy acceptance
1851-1900 – From New Model unions to the New Unionism
1945-1997 – From fifth estate to enemy within
Trade unions A to Z
A to D
Unions beginning with… A, B, C, D
E to K
Unions beginning with… E, F, G, H, I, J, K
L to R
Unions beginning with… L, M, N, O, P, Q, R
S to Z
Unions beginning with… S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
Note: Volume 5 of the Historical Directory of Trade Unions, published in 2006, includes the names of many additional unions.
Trade union histories
Amalgamated Association of Tramway and Vehicle Workers (and United Vehicle Workers)
Amalgamated Society of Cricket Ball Makers (and the Teston Independent Society of Cricket Ball Makers)
Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants (later the National Union of Railwaymen
Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers (and Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners)
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
Association of Correctors of the Press (also the London Association of Correctors of the Press)
Association of Professional Executive, Clerical and Computer Staffs (APEX) (and the National Clerks Union, National Union of Clerks and Allied Workers)
Friendly Society of Operative Stonemasons of England, Ireland and Wales (and some smaller stonemasons’ unions)
GMB (and National Union of Gas Workers and General Labourers)
National Association of Local Government Officers (NALGO – later the National and Local Government Officers Association)
National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives (formerly the National Union of Boot and Shoe Rivetters and Finishers)
Somersetshire Miners Association.
United Operative Masons Association of Scotland (and some smaller Scottish stonemasons’ unions).
Unity (including the Ceramic and Allied Trades Union and the National Society of Pottery Workers).
Trade union family trees
Amicus
Incorporating trade unions for engineers and electricians, bank and finance company employees, scientists, print workers and tobacco workers.
Communication Workers Union
Incorporating unions for postmen and women, postal clerks and sorting office staff, and telephone engineers.
GMB
Incorporating trade unions for local government employees, boilermakers, shipbuilders, professional footballers, furniture makers and clothing workers.
Public and Commercial Services Union
Incorporating numerous civil service trade unions.
Rail, Maritime and Transport Union
Incorporating the National Union of Railwaymen, Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants and National Union of Seamen.
Teaching unions
Family trees for the National Union of Teachers, National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers, Association of Teachers and Lecturers, University and College Union.
Transport and General Workers Union
Incorporating trade unions for dockers, coach makers, agricultural workers, Thames watermen, nail makers, chemical workers and bus drivers.
Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians
Incorporating trade unions for building workers, carpenters, joiners and cabinet makers. View
Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers
Incorporating trade unions for shop workers, co-op movement employees, and distribution workers.
Unison
Incorporating trade unions for nurses and other health service staff, local government workers and employees in the former public utilities.
Unity
Incorporating the Ceramic and Allied Trades Union and its predecessors in the pottery and related trades. View
Trade union lives
Robert Applegarth – Carpenters’ union leader
Will Crooks – Dockers’ leader and Labour MP
John Gast – Shipwrights’ leader and radical
P C Hoffman – Shopworkers’ organiser and Labour MP
Anne Loughlin – First woman president of the TUC
Mary Macarthur – Women’s union leader
Beatrice Webb – Trade union historian
Striking stories
Hairdressers down scissors, 1918
Marie Lloyd and the music hall strike, 1907
Chocolate workers’ strike, 1890
Great London dock strike, 1889
Crystal Palace glaziers strike, 1850
General strike for the People’s Charter, 1842
Stonemasons halt work on Nelson’s Column, 1841
Facts and Figures
Trade union timeline
Key events from 1800-2066
Historical data
Data showing trade union membership and the level of industrial action each year since the 1890s.
Gallery
Membership certificates Images of trade union membership certificates from the 1850s to the 1970s.
Membership cards Images of trade union membership cards from the 1900s to the 1980s.
Membership badges Images of trade union membership badges and a timeline of union badge-related facts.
TUC badges Images of badges produced for annual meetings of the Trades Union Congress and by trades councils.
Other pages
Five steps to finding your trade union ancestors
A how-to guide to establishing which trade union your ancestor might have joined, and how to find its records.
Further research
A guide to sources and how to find out more about your trade union ancestors, with lots of links to useful web pages and more.
About Trade Union Ancestors
How is the site put together, what can it do – and what can’t it do.
Family History Detective: Trade Union Records – PDF
Printed in Your Family Tree issue 33, January 2006 (c) Future Publishing Ltd 2005 www.yourfamilytreemag.co.uk .