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| Full name | National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1920 |
| Date dissolved | 1991 |
| Merged into | General, Municipal and Boilermakers and Allied Trades Union |
| Members | 118,700 (1945) |
| Affiliation | TUC, Labour |
| Office location | 14 Kensington Square, London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
The National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers (NUTGW) was a trade union in the United Kingdom.
The union was founded as the Tailors and Garment Workers' Union (T&GWU) in 1920 with the merger of the Scottish Operative Tailors and Tailoresses' Association and the United Garment Workers' Union. In 1932, it was joined by the Amalgamated Society of Tailors and Tailoresses and renamed itself as the "National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers". In 1939 it absorbed the United Ladies Tailors' Trade Union. [1] The NUTGW had 118,700 members in 1945, making it the tenth largest union in Britain. [2] It absorbed the Manchester-based Waterproof Garment Workers' Trade Union in 1972. [1]
The NUTGW faced a long-term decline in membership over the second half of the 20th century as the number of workers employed in the British clothing industry shrunk. This was largely due to competition with foreign manufacturers. By 1990 membership had fallen to less than 70,000, from a peak of over 130,000 in 1950. [3] The NUTGW merged into the General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trades Union in 1991. [1]
The union sponsored a Labour Party Member of Parliament from 1958 until 1964. [4]
| Election | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 by-election | Shoreditch and Finsbury | Michael Cliffe | 10,215 | 76.0 | 1 |
| 1959 general election | Shoreditch and Finsbury | Michael Cliffe | 22,744 | 67.0 | 1 |
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