National Amalgamated Labourers' Union

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National Amalgamated Labourers' Union
Full nameNational Amalgamated Labourers' Union of Great Britain and Ireland
Founded1889
Date dissolved1921
Merged into Transport and General Workers' Union
Members10,781 (1920)
Affiliation TUC, Labour, NTWF
Key people John Twomey (Gen Sec)
Office location1 St David's Place, Rutland Street, Swansea
CountryUnited Kingdom

The National Amalgamated Labourers' Union (NALU) was a trade union representing unskilled labourers in the United Kingdom.

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

1889: Thomas Davies
1890s: Harry Williams
1909: John Twomey

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References

  1. 1 2 Arthur Marsh and John B. Smethurst, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, vol.5, p.474
  2. Coates, Ken; Topham, Tony (1991). The History of the Transport and General Workers' Union. 1, pt II. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 674.