National Union of Commercial Travellers

The National Union of Commercial Travellers was a trade union representing travelling salespeople in the United Kingdom.

National Union of Commercial Travellers
Merged intoAssociation of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs
Founded1921
Dissolved1970
Headquarters103 Southwark Street, London
Location
  • United Kingdom
Members
600 (1948)
PublicationThe Commercial Traveller
AffiliationsTUC

The union was founded in 1921 as the United Kingdom Commercial Travellers. Three years later, it had 279 members. While it remained a small organisation, the union funded a school in Pinner, the Royal Commercial Travellers School, and organised numerous social activities.[1]

Membership of the union peaked at 600 in 1948. J. F. Denning had become general secretary the previous year, and membership steadily fell under his leadership. By 1969, it had fewer than 200 members, and so the following year, it merged into the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs.[1]

General Secretaries

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1921: C. J. Kebbell
1941: J. F. Denning
1968: J. McCabe

References

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  1. ^ a b Marsh, Arthur; Smethurst, John B. (2006). Historical Directory of Trade Unions. Vol. 5. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing. p. 130. ISBN 085967990X.