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) |
Key people | Charles Duncan, General Secretary |
Publication | Record |
Affiliations | TUC, Labour |
The Workers' Union was a general union based in the United Kingdom, but with some branches in other countries. During the 1910s, it was the largest general union in the UK, but it entered a rapid decline in the 1920s, and eventually became part of the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU).