Trade union family trees

Trade union family trees sets out the history of individual trade unions in the form of ‘family trees’ tracing their mergers and amalgamations.

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.