Merged into | Transport and General Workers' Union |
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Founded | 1 May 1898 |
Dissolved | 1929 |
Headquarters | Highfield, Golders Green Road, Golders Green |
Location | |
Members | 500,000 (1919) |
General Secretary | Charles Duncan (last) |
Publication | Record |
Affiliations | TUC, Labour |
The Workers' Union was a general trade union based in the United Kingdom and Ireland, with small branches overseas. The union was founded on 1 May 1898.During the 1910s, it was the largest general union in the UK, but it went into decline in the 1920s
In 1929 the Workers' Union amalgamated into the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU).