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From 1916, unskilled wire workers were admitted, taking membership to 5,000 and prompting a further name change to the Amalgamated Society of Wire Drawers and Kindred Workers. [2] In 1922, it merged into the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC), but left again only two years later, re-establishing an independent existence.
The National Union of Blastfurnacemen, Ore Miners, Coke Workers and Kindred Trades (NUB) was a trade union in England and Wales which existed between 1888 and 1985. It represented process workers in the British iron and steel industry.
The union was founded on 16 March 1919, with the merger of the unions of tailors, tailors' cutters, hat makers, fur workers, linen workers and dyers. For many years, it had the lowest level of unionisation of any industry in Belgium: 4.5% in 1933. [1] From 1920, the union was led by Frans Liebaers, who was a member of the Belgian Workers Party.
In October 1919, the unions merged, forming the Amalgamated Society of Textile Workers and Kindred Trades. [6] The Twisters still chose to remain separate, and eventually dissolved, in 1939. [3] By 1920, the union had 10,485 members. It focused on pay and conditions, and also on welfare benefits for members.
While the union long remained a member of the National Federation of Blastfurnacemen, [3] when in 1909 the federation became the more centralised National Federation of Blastfurnacemen, Ore Miners and Kindred Trades, the union chose to remain independent. Its membership rebounded, reaching 3,000 by 1926. [2]
The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU), officially registered as the Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing, and Kindred Industries Union, is an Australian trade union. The AMWU represents a broad range of workers in the manufacturing and industrial sectors, and is affiliated with the Australian Council of Trade Unions as ...
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The Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC) was a British trade union for metal-workers and allied groups, being the largest union in these fields. [1] It was formed on 1 January 1917 as a merger of existing steel-workers' unions and it is now part of Community.