National Glass Workers' Trade Protection Association

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The National Glass Workers' Trade Protection Association was a trade union in the United Kingdom.

The union was founded in 1920, when the Yorkshire Glass Bottle Makers' United Trade Protection Society merged with the majority of the National Glass Bottle Makers' Society. Based in Castleford, it merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1940. [1]

General Secretaries

1920: John Thompson
1924: R. Fenton

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References

  1. "National Flint Glass Makers' Friendly Society of Great Britain and Ireland". Modern Records Centre. University of Warwick. Retrieved 28 November 2020.