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Lurgan Hemmers' Veiners' and General Workers' Union

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Lurgan Hemmers' Veiners and General Workers' Union
Merged intoTransport and General Workers Union
Founded1885
Dissolved1951
Headquarters79 North Street, Lurgan[1]
Location
Members
2,500 (1911)[2]
Key people
R. Levin, Secretary[1]
AffiliationsIrish Trades Union Congress

The Lurgan Hemmers' Veiners' and General Workers' Union, also known as the Lurgan Hemmers' and Veiners' Trade Union and the Lurgan Hemmers' and Veiners' and General Women Workers' Trade Union, was a trade union in Northern Ireland. It was formed in 1885 but 'faded away' some time before 1889. It was re-established in 1901–2.[3] In 1911 the union had 2,500 members.[2] It primarily represented female workers and was briefly affiliated to the Irish Trades Union Congress in 1911.[4] It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1951.

General Secretaries

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1900s: Minnie Rodgers
c.1919: Robert Levin

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "The Labour Year Book". The Labour Year Book. General Council of the Trade Union Congress: 367. 1919. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Historical Studies in Industrial Relations". Historical Studies in Industrial Relations (13–14). Keele University Centre for Industrial Relations: 67. 2002. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  3. ^ Moriarty, Theresa (2002). "Work, warfare and wages: Industrial controls and Irish trade unionism in the First World War". In Gregory, Adrian; Pašeta, Senia (eds.). Ireland and the Great War: 'A War to Unite Us All?'. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 92. ISBN 0-7190-5924-0. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
  4. ^ Moriarty, Theresa (2002). "Work, warfare and wages: Industrial controls and Irish trade unionism in the First World War". In Gregory, Adrian; Pašeta, Senia (eds.). Ireland and the Great War: 'A War to Unite Us All?'. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 83. ISBN 0-7190-5924-0. Retrieved 10 April 2013.