National Laundry Workers' Union
| Founded | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Dissolved | 1940s |
| Headquarters | Union Society Chambers, Edinburgh |
| Location |
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Members | 1,000 (1920) |
| Affiliations | TUC |
The National Laundry Workers' Union was a small trade union representing laundry workers in the United Kingdom, particularly around Edinburgh.
The union was in existence by the summer of 1917,[1] and by 1920 it had about 1,000 members, the large majority of them women.[2] J. H. Moore, its delegate to the Trades Union Congress (TUC), was elected to the General Council of the TUC in 1923,[3] but union membership had by this time dropped to only 327 and never recovered.[2] The union remained affiliated to the TUC until 1940, and appears to have dissolved before 1947.[4]
General Secretaries[edit]
- 1917: G. Donaldson
- 1925: M. R. Whinman
- 1932: M. Loughlin
- 1936: J. H. Moore
- 1937: M. Stewart
- 1938: C. C. Dingwall
References[edit]
- ^ MacDougall, Ian (2000). Voices from Work and Home. Mercat Press. pp. 154, 523. ISBN 1841830178.
- ^ a b Marsh, Arthur; Smethurst, John B. (2006). Historical Directory of Trade Unions. Vol. 5. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing. p. 229. ISBN 085967990X.
- ^ "Results of the Elections". Annual Report of the Trades Union Congress: 415. 1923.
- ^ Annual Report of the Trades Union Congress: 55. 1940.
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