History
The union was founded in 1978, when the government of Nigeria merged the country's many unions into industrial unions. [1]
The unions which merged into the NUFBTE were: [2]
- A. C. Christlieb Associated Companies Workers' Union
- Bacita Allied Sugar Factory Industrial Workers' Union of Nigeria
- Bisco Biscuit Workers' Union
- Cadbury Nigeria Limited African Workers' Union
- Dumex Workers' Union
- Flour Mills of Nigeria Workers' Union
- Food Specialities (Nigeria) Ltd. Workers' Union
- Golden Guinea and Allied Workers' Union
- Guinness Industries Workers' Union of Nigeria
- Karouni Workers' Union
- Lagos and District Bakery Workers' Union
- Lipton Workers' Union of Nigeria
- Narakat Biscuit African Workers' Union
- Niger Biscuit Company Limited and Associated Workers' Union
- Nigeria Canning Company Ltd. Workers' Union
- Nigeria Cocoa Processing and Allied Workers' Union
- Nigerian Breweries African Workers' Union
- Nigerian Sugar Industry Supervisors', Foremen and Allied Workers' Union
- Nigerian Tobacco General Workers' Union
- North Brewery Workers' Union
- Philip Morris (Nigeria) Ltd. Workers' Union
- Tate and Lyle Nigeria Limited Ilorin Factory Workers' Union
- Trebor (Nigeria) Ltd. Workers' Union
- West African Breweries and Associated Companies Workers' Union of Nigeria
- West African Distillers Ltd. African Workers' Union
It affiliated to the Nigeria Labour Congress. By 1988, it had 44,405 members, and this grew to 160,000 by 2005. [3]
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