The National Amalgamated Labourers' Union (NALU) was a trade union representing unskilled labourers in the United Kingdom.
National Amalgamated Labourers' Union of Great Britain and Ireland | |
Merged into | Transport and General Workers' Union |
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Founded | 1889 |
Dissolved | 1921 |
Headquarters | 1 St David's Place, Rutland Street, Swansea |
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Members | 10,781 (1920) |
Key people | John Twomey (Gen Sec) |
Affiliations | TUC, Labour, NTWF |
The union was founded in 1889, initially based in Cardiff, and later in Swansea. Its membership long varied between 3,000 and 4,000, although by the 1910s, it was over 5,000.[1]
The union affiliated to the National Transport Workers' Federation,[2] and in 1922 it merged into the Transport and General Workers' Union.[1]
General Secretaries
edit- 1889: Thomas Davies
- 1890s: Harry Williams
- 1909: John Twomey
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