National Amalgamated Labourers' Union

National Amalgamated Labourers' Union
National Amalgamated Labourers' Union of Great Britain and Ireland
Merged into	Transport and General Workers' Union
Founded	1889
Dissolved	1921
Headquarters	1 St David's Place, Rutland Street, Swansea
Location	United Kingdom;
Members	10,781 (1920)
Key people	John Twomey (Gen Sec)
Affiliations	TUC, Labour, NTWF

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 edit

1889: Thomas Davies

1890s: Harry Williams

1909: John Twomey

References edit

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

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[marsh-1] 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. Vol. 1, pt II. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 674.

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