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class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="83" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li>T&G</li><li>TGWU</li><li>ATGWU</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data">(<i>See: <a href="/wiki/TGWU_amalgamations" class="mw-redirect" title="TGWU amalgamations">TGWU amalgamations</a></i>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Merged into</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Unite_the_Union" title="Unite the Union">Unite the Union</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data note">1 January 1922<span class="noprint">; 102 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1922-01-01</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Dissolved</th><td class="infobox-data">1 May 2007<span class="noprint">; 17 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">2007-05-01</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Trade_union" title="Trade union">Trade union</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="country-name"><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Members </div></th><td class="infobox-data">800,000 (2006)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">General Secretary</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Bevin" title="Ernest Bevin">Ernest Bevin</a> (first)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Woodley,_Baron_Woodley" title="Tony Woodley, Baron Woodley">Tony Woodley</a> (last)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Publication</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>TGWU Record</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trades_Union_Congress" title="Trades Union Congress">Trades Union Congress</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Congress_of_Trade_Unions" title="Irish Congress of Trade Unions">Irish Congress of Trade Unions</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_TUC" class="mw-redirect" title="Scottish TUC">Scottish TUC</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/International_Transport_Workers%27_Federation" title="International Transport Workers' Federation">International Transport Workers' Federation</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/IUF" class="mw-redirect" title="IUF">IUF</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party (UK)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party (Ireland)</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tgwu.org.uk">tgwu<wbr />.org<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Transport and General Workers' Union</b> (<b>TGWU</b> or <b>T&G</b>) was one of the largest <a href="/wiki/General_union" title="General union">general</a> <a href="/wiki/Trade_union" title="Trade union">trade unions</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>—where it was known as the <b>Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<b>ATGWU</b>)—with 900,000 members (and was once the largest trade union in the world). </p><p>The TGWU was officially founded on 1 January 1922 with the amalgamation of 14 individual trades unions. <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Bevin" title="Ernest Bevin">Ernest Bevin</a> served as the union's first and longest serving <a href="/wiki/General_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="General Secretary">General Secretary</a>. </p><p>In 2007, the union voted to merge with <a href="/wiki/Amicus_(trade_union)" title="Amicus (trade union)">Amicus</a> to form <a href="/wiki/Unite_the_Union" title="Unite the Union">Unite the Union</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Establishment">Establishment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Establishment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TGWU_1921_Leamington_Conference_Delegation.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/TGWU_1921_Leamington_Conference_Delegation.png/270px-TGWU_1921_Leamington_Conference_Delegation.png" decoding="async" width="270" height="191" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/TGWU_1921_Leamington_Conference_Delegation.png/405px-TGWU_1921_Leamington_Conference_Delegation.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/TGWU_1921_Leamington_Conference_Delegation.png/540px-TGWU_1921_Leamington_Conference_Delegation.png 2x" data-file-width="936" data-file-height="661" /></a><figcaption>Founding delegates of the TGWU in 1921 at a conference in Leamington</figcaption></figure> <p>In March 1920, the <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Dock,_Wharf,_Riverside_and_General_Labourers%27_Union" title="Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Labourers' Union">Dock, Wharf, Riverside & General Labourers' Union</a> (DWRGLU) began talks on forming a unified <a href="/wiki/Dockworker" title="Dockworker">dockworkers</a>' union with the <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a>-based <a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_Dock,_Riverside_and_General_Workers" class="mw-redirect" title="National Union of Dock, Riverside and General Workers">National Union of Dock, Riverside and General Workers</a> (NUDRW).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEatonGill198156_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEatonGill198156-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The two unions' delegations agreed on a provisional amalgamation committee with <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Bevin" title="Ernest Bevin">Ernest Bevin</a> as its Secretary, and <a href="/wiki/Harry_Gosling" title="Harry Gosling">Harry Gosling</a> as its chair, with the committee agreeing to invite other unions related to the docks industry.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEatonGill198156_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEatonGill198156-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In ballots of the various unions on amalgamation, only the ballots put to the <a href="/wiki/Amalgamated_Stevedores_Labour_Protection_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Amalgamated Stevedores Labour Protection League">Amalgamated Stevedores Labour Protection League</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Union_of_Dock_Labourers" title="Scottish Union of Dock Labourers">Scottish Union of Dock Labourers</a> (SUDW) and the Cardiff Coal Trimmers memberships failed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEatonGill198157_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEatonGill198157-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While the new union was being established, the official publication of the union, <i>The Record</i>, published its first issue in August 1921.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first issue cited its predecessor publications as the <i>Dockers' Record</i> of the DWRGLU; <i>Quayside and Office</i> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_Docks,_Wharves_and_Shipping_Staffs" title="National Union of Docks, Wharves and Shipping Staffs">National Union of Docks, Wharves and Shipping Staffs</a>; <i>The Record</i> of the <a href="/wiki/United_Vehicle_Workers" title="United Vehicle Workers">United Vehicle Workers</a>; and <i>The Vehicle Worker</i> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_Vehicle_Workers" title="National Union of Vehicle Workers">National Union of Vehicle Workers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 1 January 1922, fourteen trades unions<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> officially amalgamated to form the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU), with Ernest Bevin as its first General Secretary.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDevineSmethurst201768_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDevineSmethurst201768-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEatonGill198157_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEatonGill198157-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At amalgamation the union had 300,000 members.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEatonGill198157_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEatonGill198157-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Irish_Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union" title="Irish Transport and General Workers' Union">Irish Transport and General Workers' Union</a> (ITGWU) had tentatively taken part in the negotiations, however the talks with the ITGWU broke down.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDevineSmethurst201769_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDevineSmethurst201769-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ITGWU initially challenged the name of the TGWU, claiming that the similar titles would cause confusion.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDevineSmethurst201769–70_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDevineSmethurst201769–70-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Compromise was reached when the TGWU agreed to operate under the name <b>Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union</b> (ATGWU) within Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDevineSmethurst201769–70_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDevineSmethurst201769–70-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The NUDRW amalgamated into the TGWU later in 1922,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDevineSmethurst201768_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDevineSmethurst201768-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoatesTopham1991869_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoatesTopham1991869-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and despite initially voting against the ballot, so did the SUDW.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEatonGill198157_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEatonGill198157-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoatesTopham1991869_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoatesTopham1991869-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Through the NUDRW and the DWR&GLU, the TGWU inherited a number of active branches in Ireland in <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a>, <a href="/wiki/Carrick-on-Suir" title="Carrick-on-Suir">Carrick-on-Suir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clonmel" title="Clonmel">Clonmel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cork_(city)" title="Cork (city)">Cork</a>, <a href="/wiki/Derry" title="Derry">Derry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Drogheda" title="Drogheda">Drogheda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dundalk" title="Dundalk">Dundalk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newry" title="Newry">Newry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Waterford" title="Waterford">Waterford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDevineSmethurst201768–69_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDevineSmethurst201768–69-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Irish membership of the TGWU in 1922 amounted to 8,000,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDevineSmethurst201769_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDevineSmethurst201769-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or just over 2.65% of the union's total membership. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years">Early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For the first two years of its existence, the TGWU lost members, and continued to lose members for another four out of eight years.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEatonGill198158_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEatonGill198158-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1923, an unofficial <a href="/wiki/1923_United_Kingdom_dock_strike" title="1923 United Kingdom dock strike">London dock strike</a> caused a fissure in the TGWU, and resulted in some docks members joining the now-rival <a href="/wiki/Amalgamated_Stevedores_Labour_Protection_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Amalgamated Stevedores Labour Protection League">Amalgamated Stevedores Labour Protection League</a> union.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEatonGill198157_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEatonGill198157-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the issue failed to create a larger defection, the two unions would come into conflict multiple times.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEatonGill198157_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEatonGill198157-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1929, the <a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Union" title="Workers' Union">Workers' Union</a> amalgamated into the TGWU.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEatonGill198158_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEatonGill198158-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHyman1971169_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHyman1971169-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite being named as a <a href="/wiki/General_union" title="General union">general workers union</a>, the TGWU was primarily made up of workers in the union's four transport Trade Groups—Docks, Waterways, Commercial Road Transport, and Passenger Road Transport. As of 1928, the four transport groups made up 220,000 members of the TGWU in comparison the General Workers Trade Group which constituted only 68,000.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHyman1971170_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHyman1971170-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With amalgamation, the TGWU's membership increased by 100,000 members, the majority of whom joined its General Workers Group, making the group the largest.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEatonGill198158_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEatonGill198158-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHyman1971170_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHyman1971170-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This increase in General Trade Group members garnered the Union the recognition and infrastructure to recruit new members outside of the transport sector.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHyman1971170_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHyman1971170-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Transport_and_General_Workers_Union_Central_Office_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Transport_and_General_Workers_Union_Central_Office_1.jpg/200px-Transport_and_General_Workers_Union_Central_Office_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Transport_and_General_Workers_Union_Central_Office_1.jpg/301px-Transport_and_General_Workers_Union_Central_Office_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Transport_and_General_Workers_Union_Central_Office_1.jpg/400px-Transport_and_General_Workers_Union_Central_Office_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>TGWU Central Office Transport House in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, 2005</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union_office,_Bristol.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union_office%2C_Bristol.jpg/200px-Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union_office%2C_Bristol.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union_office%2C_Bristol.jpg/300px-Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union_office%2C_Bristol.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union_office%2C_Bristol.jpg/400px-Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union_office%2C_Bristol.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2025" data-file-height="3037" /></a><figcaption>TGWU <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a> office, 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>The Transport and General Workers' Union structure combined regional organisation, based on Districts and Areas, with committee organisation by occupation, based on six broad Trade Groups. Trade groups were not closely linked to trades, but were elected by activists. Officials of the union were grouped by region, and could be asked to serve each or any trade group. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Docks_Group">Docks Group</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Docks Group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Docks Group was created in 1922 to represent members of the following unions: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dock,_Wharf,_Riverside_and_General_Labourers%27_Union" title="Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Labourers' Union">Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Labourers' Union of Great Britain and Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Side_Labour_Protection_League" title="South Side Labour Protection League">South Side Labour Protection League</a> (London, est. 1889)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Amalgamated_Coal_Porters%27_Union_of_Inland_and_Seaborne_Coal_Workers" class="mw-redirect" title="National Amalgamated Coal Porters' Union of Inland and Seaborne Coal Workers">National Amalgamated Coal Porters' Union of Inland and Seaborne Coal Workers</a> (London, est. 1889)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Amalgamated_Labourers%27_Union_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="National Amalgamated Labourers' Union of Great Britain and Ireland">National Amalgamated Labourers' Union of Great Britain and Ireland</a> (Cardiff, est. 1889)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_of_England_Trimmers%27_and_Teemers%27_Association" title="North of England Trimmers' and Teemers' Association">North of England Trimmers' and Teemers' Association</a> (est. 1871)</li></ul> <p>The group originally had a subsection for coal shipping.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEatonGill1981_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEatonGill1981-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1928, it had 96,000 members, but over time, membership of the group declined along with employment on the docks, dropping to 56,000 in 1966, and had 51,153 in 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEatonGill1981_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEatonGill1981-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHyman1971170_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHyman1971170-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Waterways_Group">Waterways Group</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Waterways Group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Waterways Group was created in 1922 to represent members of the <a href="/wiki/Amalgamated_Society_of_Watermen,_Lightermen_and_Bargemen" title="Amalgamated Society of Watermen, Lightermen and Bargemen">Amalgamated Society of Watermen, Lightermen and Bargemen</a>. Always one of the smallest sections, it had only 8,000 members in 1928, and 16,000 in 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHyman1971170_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHyman1971170-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1970, it was merged into the Docks Group. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administrative,_Clerical_and_Supervisory_Group"><span id="Administrative.2C_Clerical_and_Supervisory_Group"></span>Administrative, Clerical and Supervisory Group</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Administrative, Clerical and Supervisory Group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Administrative, Clerical and Supervisory Group was created in 1922 to represent members of the following unions: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_Ships%27_Clerks,_Grain_Weighers_and_Coalmeters" title="National Union of Ships' Clerks, Grain Weighers and Coalmeters">National Association of Ships' Clerks, Grain Weighers and Coalmeters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_Docks,_Wharves_and_Shipping_Staffs" title="National Union of Docks, Wharves and Shipping Staffs">National Union of Docks, Wharves and Shipping Staffs</a></li></ul> <p>There was often ambiguity in the TGWU over the actual name of its white-collar section. From the 1960s it was generally known as ACTS (Administrative, Clerical, Technical and Supervisory) but also sometimes as the ACTSS (Association of Clerical, Technical and Supervisory Staff) and enamel union badges bearing both sets of initials were produced for members. It was noted for an enquiry by the Certification Office in 2006 into board members who had joined the union within six months of being elected to senior posts. </p><p>The group grew significantly over time, having only 5,000 members in 1928, but 62,000 by 1966, and 149,801 members in 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEatonGill1981_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEatonGill1981-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHyman1971170_15-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHyman1971170-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Road_Transport_(Passenger_and_Commercial)_Groups"><span id="Road_Transport_.28Passenger_and_Commercial.29_Groups"></span>Road Transport (Passenger and Commercial) Groups</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Road Transport (Passenger and Commercial) Groups"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Road Transport group was created in 1922 to represent members of the following unions: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amalgamated_Association_of_Carters_and_Motormen" class="mw-redirect" title="Amalgamated Association of Carters and Motormen">Amalgamated Association of Carters and Motormen</a> (Leeds, est. 1916)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amalgamated_Carters,_Lurrymen_and_Motormen%27s_Union" title="Amalgamated Carters, Lurrymen and Motormen's Union">Amalgamated Carters, Lurrymen and Motormen's Union</a> (Bolton, est. 1890)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Associated_Horsemen%27s_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Associated Horsemen's Union">Associated Horsemen's Union</a> (Greenock, est. 1894)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_Vehicle_Workers" title="National Union of Vehicle Workers">National Union of Vehicle Workers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_of_Scotland_Horse_and_Motormen%27s_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="North of Scotland Horse and Motormen's Association">North of Scotland Horse and Motormen's Association</a> (Dundee, 1911)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Vehicle_Workers" title="United Vehicle Workers">United Vehicle Workers</a></li></ul> <p>Later in 1922, the group was split into Road Transport (Passenger) and Road Transport (Commercial) groups.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEatonGill1981_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEatonGill1981-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Passenger group had 79,000 members in 1928 and 181,000 in 1966, but by 1980, the renamed Passenger Services group had dropped to only 44,501 members. The Commercial Services group rose from 37,000 members in 1928 to 219,000 in 1966, and 226,290 in 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEatonGill1981_16-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEatonGill1981-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHyman1971170_15-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHyman1971170-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_Workers_Group">General Workers Group</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: General Workers Group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The General Workers Group was created in 1922 to cater for all workers in jobs which did not fall into another group. Initially, it had subsections for workers in metal and chemical trades. Once it was considered that a particular field had enough members to justify its own trade group, it was split out. These decisions were made at the Biennial Delegate Conference, and although there were many applications to form new trade groups, most were unsuccessful. The group had 68,000 members in 1928, and it then doubled in size when the <a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Union" title="Workers' Union">Workers' Union</a> merged into the TGWU.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEatonGill1981_16-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEatonGill1981-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1966, it had 338,000 members and, despite the splitting out of further groups in 1970, by 1980 it still had 269,845 members.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEatonGill1981_16-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEatonGill1981-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHyman1971170_15-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHyman1971170-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first groups to be split out were:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHyman1971170_15-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHyman1971170-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Power Workers, formed in 1926 from the <a href="/wiki/National_Amalgamated_Union_of_Enginemen,_Firemen,_Mechanics,_Motormen_and_Electrical_Workers" title="National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Firemen, Mechanics, Motormen and Electrical Workers">National Amalgamated Union of Enginemen, Firemen, Mechanics, Motormen and Electrical Workers</a>. It had 20,000 members in 1928, rising to 41,000 by 1966.</li> <li>Engineering, formed in 1931, principally from members of the <a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Union" title="Workers' Union">Workers' Union</a>. By 1966, it had 269,000 members.</li> <li>Government, formed in 1943, with 58,000 members by 1966.</li> <li>Municipal, formed in 1945, with 44,000 members by 1966.</li> <li>Agricultural, formed in 1945, with 13,000 members by 1966.</li> <li>joined by the <a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_Agricultural_and_Allied_Workers" title="National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers">National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers</a></li> <li>Building, formed in 1953, with 53,000 members by 1966.</li> <li>Chemical, formed in 1953, with 61,000 members by 1966.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_mergers">Later mergers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Later mergers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_TGWU_amalgamations" class="mw-redirect" title="List of TGWU amalgamations">list of TGWU amalgamations</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Union_of_Dock_Labourers" title="Scottish Union of Dock Labourers">Scottish Union of Dock Labourers</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_Dock_Labourers" title="National Union of Dock Labourers">National Union of Dock, Riverside and General Workers in Great Britain and Ireland</a> initially voted not to amalgamate as founding members, but a new voted changed their position, and they joined before the end of 1922, along with the <a href="/wiki/Amalgamated_Carters,_Lurrymen_and_Motormen%27s_Union" title="Amalgamated Carters, Lurrymen and Motormen's Union">Amalgamated Carters, Lurrymen and Motormen's Union</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Greenock_Sugar_Porters%27_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenock Sugar Porters' Association">Greenock Sugar Porters' Union</a>, the Dundee Flax and Jute Stowers' Society, the <a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_British_Fishermen" title="National Union of British Fishermen">National Union of British Fishermen</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Belfast_Breadservers%27_Trade_Union" title="Belfast Breadservers' Trade Union">Belfast Breadservers' Association</a>. Some of these unions retained a great deal of autonomy and in many ways effectively functioned as separate unions, even being registered separately with the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Registrar_of_Friendly_Societies&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Registrar of Friendly Societies (page does not exist)">Registrar of Friendly Societies</a> The biggest merger was with the <a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Union" title="Workers' Union">Workers' Union</a> in 1929, the union being fully integrated into the TGWU in 1931.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHyman1971170_15-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHyman1971170-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campaigns">Campaigns</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Campaigns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Transport and General Workers' Union spearheaded the campaign for the registration of <a href="/wiki/Gangmaster" class="mw-redirect" title="Gangmaster">Gangmasters</a> in the UK, sponsoring an <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Act of Parliament">Act of Parliament</a> which received the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Assent" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Assent">Royal Assent</a> on 8 July 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Merger_with_Amicus">Merger with Amicus</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Merger with Amicus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During 2005 discussions started between the TGWU, <a href="/wiki/Amicus_(trade_union)" title="Amicus (trade union)">Amicus</a> and the <a href="/wiki/GMB_(trade_union)" title="GMB (trade union)">GMB</a> about the possibility of merging the three unions into one organisation with potentially 2.5 million members covering almost every sector of the economy. On 14 June 2006 the GMB Conference voted not to continue with discussions.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The TGWU and Amicus proceeded without GMB involvement,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with delegates from the two unions approving the proposed 'Instrument of Amalgamation' at a special conference on 18 December 2006. The ballot of both unions' membership during February and early March 2007, approved the merger. The result of the ballot was announced on 8 March 2007: 86.4 per cent of T&G members and 70.1 per cent of Amicus members voted to support the merger, from a turnout of 27% in both cases.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The press release announced that the resulting union had the working title "New Union" and the name would be decided by a ballot of the membership.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 2 April 2007, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i> reported that the name <a href="/wiki/Unite_(trade_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Unite (trade union)">Unite</a> had been chosen.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and that full merger of rule books and governing bodies may soon follow the existing merger of personnel and finance departments.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was negotiated that both <a href="/wiki/Derek_Simpson_(trade_unionist)" title="Derek Simpson (trade unionist)">Derek Simpson</a>, General Secretary of Amicus, and <a href="/wiki/Tony_Woodley" class="mw-redirect" title="Tony Woodley">Tony Woodley</a> General Secretary of TGWU, would serve as Joint-General Secretaries of Unite until December 2010 and that Tony Woodley would serve alone until January 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite this Woodley resigned January 2011, a year earlier than planned.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Affiliations">Affiliations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Affiliations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> (UK)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a> (Republic of Ireland)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trades_Union_Congress" title="Trades Union Congress">Trades Union Congress</a> (TUC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Congress_of_Trade_Unions" title="Irish Congress of Trade Unions">Irish Congress of Trade Unions</a> (ICTU)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Trades_Union_Congress" title="Scottish Trades Union Congress">Scottish Trades Union Congress</a> (STUC)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Transport_Workers%27_Federation" title="International Transport Workers' Federation">International Transport Workers' Federation</a> (ITF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Metalworkers%27_Federation" title="International Metalworkers' Federation">International Metalworkers' Federation</a> (IMF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Network_International" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Network International">Union Network International</a> (UNI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Union_of_Food,_Agricultural,_Hotel,_Restaurant,_Catering,_Tobacco_and_Allied_Workers%27_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Association">International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Association</a> (IUF)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_Services_International" title="Public Services International">Public Services International</a> (PSI)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Federation_of_Building_and_Woodworkers" class="mw-redirect" title="International Federation of Building and Woodworkers">International Federation of Building and Woodworkers</a> (IFBW)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Textile,_Garment_and_Leather_Workers%27_Federation" title="International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation">International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation</a> (ITLGW)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Federation_of_Chemical,_Energy,_Mine_and_General_Workers%27_Unions" title="International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions">International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions</a> (ICEM)</li></ul> <p>Regions – particularly <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080214063418/http://www.tgwu.org.uk/Templates/RegionCampaign.asp?NodeID=92866">Region One</a> which covered London, the South East and Eastern England, also had a tradition of donating to other causes, as did branch committees, which controlled a substantial proportion of membership income. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Officers">Officers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Officers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output 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title="Edit section: General Secretaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>1922: <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Bevin" title="Ernest Bevin">Ernest Bevin</a></dd> <dd>1945: <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Deakin" title="Arthur Deakin">Arthur Deakin</a> (acting from 1940)</dd> <dd>1955: <a href="/wiki/Jock_Tiffin" title="Jock Tiffin">Jock Tiffin</a></dd> <dd>1956: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Cousins_(British_politician)" title="Frank Cousins (British politician)">Frank Cousins</a></dd> <dd>1964: <a href="/wiki/Harry_Nicholas" title="Harry Nicholas">Harry Nicholas</a> (acting)</dd> <dd>1969: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Jones_(trade_union_leader)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Jones (trade union leader)">Jack Jones</a></dd> <dd>1978: <a href="/wiki/Moss_Evans" title="Moss Evans">Moss Evans</a></dd> <dd>1985: <a href="/wiki/Ron_Todd_(trade_unionist)" title="Ron Todd (trade unionist)">Ron Todd</a></dd> <dd>1992: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Morris,_Baron_Morris_of_Handsworth" title="Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth">Bill Morris</a></dd> <dd>2003: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Woodley,_Baron_Woodley" title="Tony Woodley, Baron Woodley">Tony Woodley</a></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deputy_General_Secretaries">Deputy General Secretaries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Deputy General Secretaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>1974: <a href="/wiki/Harry_Urwin" title="Harry Urwin">Harry Urwin</a></dd> <dd>1980: <a href="/wiki/Alec_Kitson" title="Alec Kitson">Alec Kitson</a></dd> <dd>1986: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Morris,_Baron_Morris_of_Handsworth" title="Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth">Bill Morris</a></dd> <dd>1992: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jack_Adams_(trade_unionist)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jack Adams (trade unionist) (page does not exist)">Jack Adams</a></dd> <dd>1999: <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Prosser" class="mw-redirect" title="Margaret Prosser">Margaret Prosser</a></dd> <dd>2002: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Woodley,_Baron_Woodley" title="Tony Woodley, Baron Woodley">Tony Woodley</a></dd> <dd>2003: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Dromey" title="Jack Dromey">Jack Dromey</a></dd></dl> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assistant_General_Secretaries">Assistant General Secretaries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Assistant General Secretaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>1924: <a href="/wiki/John_Cliff" title="John Cliff">John Cliff</a></dd> <dd>1935: <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Deakin" title="Arthur Deakin">Arthur Deakin</a></dd> <dd>1945: <a href="/wiki/Harold_Clay" title="Harold Clay">Harold Clay</a></dd> <dd>1948: <a href="/wiki/Jock_Tiffin" title="Jock Tiffin">Jock Tiffin</a></dd> <dd>1955: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Cousins_(British_politician)" title="Frank Cousins (British politician)">Frank Cousins</a></dd> <dd>1956: <a href="/wiki/Harry_Nicholas" title="Harry Nicholas">Harry Nicholas</a></dd> <dd>1968: <a href="/wiki/Harry_Urwin" title="Harry Urwin">Harry Urwin</a></dd> <dd>1974: <i>Vacant</i></dd> <dd>1985: <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Haigh" title="Eddie Haigh">Eddie Haigh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Larry_Smith_(trade_unionist)" title="Larry Smith (trade unionist)">Larry Smith</a></dd> <dd>1988: <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Haigh" title="Eddie Haigh">Eddie Haigh</a></dd> <dd>1991: <i>Vacant</i>?</dd> <dd>1999: Barry Camfield and <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Elsby" title="Jimmy Elsby">Jimmy Elsby</a></dd></dl> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Amalgamations">Amalgamations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Amalgamations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The list of <a href="/wiki/TGWU_amalgamations" class="mw-redirect" title="TGWU amalgamations">TGWU amalgamations</a> highlights the scale of the TGWU policy of mergers, amalgamations and transfers of engagements, which contributed to its membership growth and the spread of its membership base. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Explanatory_footnotes">Explanatory footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Explanatory footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span 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class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The union operated under this name in Ireland so as to differentiate itself from the older <a href="/wiki/Irish_Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union" title="Irish Transport and General Workers' Union">Irish Transport and General Workers' Union</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The founding unions of the Transport and General Workers' Union were:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDevineSmethurst201768_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDevineSmethurst201768-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECoatesTopham1991869–871_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECoatesTopham1991869–871-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amalgamated_Society_of_Watermen,_Lightermen_and_Bargemen" title="Amalgamated Society of Watermen, Lightermen and Bargemen">Amalgamated Society of Watermen, Lightermen & Bargemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amalgamated_Carters,_Lurrymen_and_Motormen%27s_Union" title="Amalgamated Carters, Lurrymen and Motormen's Union">Amalgamated Carters, Lurrymen & Motormen’s Union</a></li> <li>Amalgamated Association of Carters & Motormen</li> <li>Associated Horsemen’s Union</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dock,_Wharf,_Riverside_and_General_Labourers%27_Union" title="Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Labourers' Union">Dock, Wharf, Riverside & General Labourers Union</a> (DWR&GLU)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Amalgamated_Labourers%27_Union" title="National Amalgamated Labourers' Union">National Amalgamated Labourers’ Union</a> (NALU)</li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/South_Side_Labour_Protection_League" title="South Side Labour Protection League">South Side Labour Protection League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Vehicle_Workers" title="United Vehicle Workers">United Vehicle Workers</a></li></ul> </span></li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output 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London: Pluto Press. pp. 54–68. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0861043502" title="Special:BookSources/0861043502"><bdi>0861043502</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Trade+Union+Directory%3A+A+Guide+to+All+TUC+Unions&rft.place=London&rft.pages=54-68&rft.pub=Pluto+Press&rft.date=1981&rft.isbn=0861043502&rft.aulast=Eaton&rft.aufirst=Jack&rft.au=Gill%2C+Colin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATransport+and+General+Workers%27+Union" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCoatesTopham1991" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Coates" title="Ken Coates">Coates, Ken</a>; <a href="/wiki/Tony_Topham" title="Tony Topham">Topham, Tony</a> (1991). <i>The Making of the Transport and General Workers' Union: The Emergence of the Labour Movement 1870-1922</i>. Oxford, UK: Basil Blackwell.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Making+of+the+Transport+and+General+Workers%27+Union%3A+The+Emergence+of+the+Labour+Movement+1870-1922&rft.place=Oxford%2C+UK&rft.pub=Basil+Blackwell&rft.date=1991&rft.aulast=Coates&rft.aufirst=Ken&rft.au=Topham%2C+Tony&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATransport+and+General+Workers%27+Union" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHyman1971" class="citation book cs1">Hyman, Richard (1971). <i>The Workers' Union</i>. Oxford: Clarendon Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Workers%27+Union&rft.place=Oxford&rft.pub=Clarendon+Press&rft.date=1971&rft.aulast=Hyman&rft.aufirst=Richard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATransport+and+General+Workers%27+Union" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAdonis2020" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Adonis,_Baron_Adonis" title="Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis">Adonis, Andrew</a> (2020). <i>Ernest Bevin: Labour's Churchill</i>. Biteback Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1785905988" title="Special:BookSources/978-1785905988"><bdi>978-1785905988</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ernest+Bevin%3A+Labour%27s+Churchill&rft.pub=Biteback+Publishing&rft.date=2020&rft.isbn=978-1785905988&rft.aulast=Adonis&rft.aufirst=Andrew&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATransport+and+General+Workers%27+Union" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBullock1960" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Bullock" title="Alan Bullock">Bullock, Alan</a> (1960). <i>Life and Times of Ernest Bevin: Trade Union Leader, 1881 - 1940</i>. Vol. 1.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Life+and+Times+of+Ernest+Bevin%3A+Trade+Union+Leader%2C+1881+-+1940&rft.date=1960&rft.aulast=Bullock&rft.aufirst=Alan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATransport+and+General+Workers%27+Union" class="Z3988"></span> <a href="//archive.org/details/lifetimesofernes0000bull_q3b6" class="extiw" title="iarchive:lifetimesofernes0000bull q3b6">Online</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDurbin1985" class="citation book cs1">Durbin, Elizabeth (1985). <i>New Jerusalems: The Labour Party and the Economics of Democratic Socialism</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=New+Jerusalems%3A+The+Labour+Party+and+the+Economics+of+Democratic+Socialism&rft.date=1985&rft.aulast=Durbin&rft.aufirst=Elizabeth&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATransport+and+General+Workers%27+Union" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFClua-Losada2010" class="citation conference cs1">Clua-Losada, Mònica (1 January 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.academia.edu/270266/The_Retreat_of_the_Union_The_Transport_and_General_Workers_Union_Strategies_of_Renewal_In_the_1990s"><i>The Retreat of the Union: The Transport and General Workers' Union Strategies of Renewal In the 1990s</i></a> – via <a href="/wiki/Academia.edu" title="Academia.edu">Academia.edu</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=conference&rft.btitle=The+Retreat+of+the+Union%3A+The+Transport+and+General+Workers%26%2339%3B+Union+Strategies+of+Renewal+In+the+1990s&rft.date=2010-01-01&rft.aulast=Clua-Losada&rft.aufirst=M%C3%B2nica&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.academia.edu%2F270266%2FThe_Retreat_of_the_Union_The_Transport_and_General_Workers_Union_Strategies_of_Renewal_In_the_1990s&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATransport+and+General+Workers%27+Union" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMurray2008" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Murray_(trade_unionist)" title="Andrew Murray (trade unionist)">Murray, Andrew</a> (1 November 2008). <i>The T&G Story: A History of the Transport & General Workers Union, 1922-2007</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+T%26G+Story%3A+A+History+of+the+Transport+%26+General+Workers+Union%2C+1922-2007&rft.date=2008-11-01&rft.aulast=Murray&rft.aufirst=Andrew&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATransport+and+General+Workers%27+Union" class="Z3988"></span> <a href="//archive.org/details/tgstoryhistoryof0000murr" class="extiw" title="iarchive:tgstoryhistoryof0000murr">online</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPhillips2005" class="citation journal cs1">Phillips, J. (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/6663/">"Class and industrial relations in Britain: the 'long' mid-century and the case of port transport, c. 1920-70"</a>. <i>Twentieth-Century British History</i>. <b>16</b> (1): 52–73. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093%2Ftcbh%2Fhwi009">10.1093/tcbh/hwi009</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0955-2359">0955-2359</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Twentieth-Century+British+History&rft.atitle=Class+and+industrial+relations+in+Britain%3A+the+%27long%27+mid-century+and+the+case+of+port+transport%2C+c.+1920-70&rft.volume=16&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=52-73&rft.date=2005&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1093%2Ftcbh%2Fhwi009&rft.issn=0955-2359&rft.aulast=Phillips&rft.aufirst=J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.gla.ac.uk%2F6663%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATransport+and+General+Workers%27+Union" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Potts, Archie. "Bevin to Beat the Bankers: Ernest Bevin’s Gateshead Campaign of 1931", <i>Bulletin of the Northeast Group for the Study of Labour History</i> 11 (1977), pp. 28–38.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSeifert2022" class="citation book cs1">Seifert, Roger (2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv2tjdgw7"><i>UNITE History Volume 2 (1932-1945): The Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU): 'No turning back', the road to war and welfare</i></a>. Liverpool University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-80207-698-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-80207-698-1"><bdi>978-1-80207-698-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=UNITE+History+Volume+2+%281932-1945%29%3A+The+Transport+and+General+Workers%27+Union+%28TGWU%29%3A+%27No+turning+back%27%2C+the+road+to+war+and+welfare&rft.pub=Liverpool+University+Press&rft.date=2022&rft.isbn=978-1-80207-698-1&rft.aulast=Seifert&rft.aufirst=Roger&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2Fj.ctv2tjdgw7&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATransport+and+General+Workers%27+Union" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTopham1996" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Topham" title="Tony Topham">Topham, Tony</a> (September 1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/hsir.1996.2.3">"The Unofficial National Docks Strike of 1923: The Transport and General Workers' Union's First Crisis"</a>. <i>Historical Studies in Industrial Relations</i> (2): 27–64. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.3828%2Fhsir.1996.2.3">10.3828/hsir.1996.2.3</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1362-1572">1362-1572</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Historical+Studies+in+Industrial+Relations&rft.atitle=The+Unofficial+National+Docks+Strike+of+1923%3A+The+Transport+and+General+Workers%27+Union%27s+First+Crisis&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=27-64&rft.date=1996-09&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.3828%2Fhsir.1996.2.3&rft.issn=1362-1572&rft.aulast=Topham&rft.aufirst=Tony&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk%2Fdoi%2F10.3828%2Fhsir.1996.2.3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATransport+and+General+Workers%27+Union" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTopham2009" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Topham" title="Tony Topham">Topham, Tony</a> (April 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/hsir.2009.27-28.8">"The Early Years of the Transport and General Workers' Union: The Waterways' Group and the Canal Workers"</a>. <i>Historical Studies in Industrial Relations</i> (27–28): 183–195. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.3828%2Fhsir.2009.27-28.8">10.3828/hsir.2009.27-28.8</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1362-1572">1362-1572</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Historical+Studies+in+Industrial+Relations&rft.atitle=The+Early+Years+of+the+Transport+and+General+Workers%27+Union%3A+The+Waterways%27+Group+and+the+Canal+Workers&rft.issue=27%E2%80%9328&rft.pages=183-195&rft.date=2009-04&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.3828%2Fhsir.2009.27-28.8&rft.issn=1362-1572&rft.aulast=Topham&rft.aufirst=Tony&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk%2Fdoi%2F10.3828%2Fhsir.2009.27-28.8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATransport+and+General+Workers%27+Union" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTopham2016" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Topham" title="Tony Topham">Topham, Tony</a> (September 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/hsir.2016.37.12">"A Difficult Childhood: The Formative Years of the Transport and General Workers' Union"</a>. <i>Historical Studies in Industrial Relations</i>. <b>37</b>: 237–260. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.3828%2Fhsir.2016.37.12">10.3828/hsir.2016.37.12</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1362-1572">1362-1572</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Historical+Studies+in+Industrial+Relations&rft.atitle=A+Difficult+Childhood%3A+The+Formative+Years+of+the+Transport+and+General+Workers%E2%80%99+Union&rft.volume=37&rft.pages=237-260&rft.date=2016-09&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.3828%2Fhsir.2016.37.12&rft.issn=1362-1572&rft.aulast=Topham&rft.aufirst=Tony&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk%2Fdoi%2F10.3828%2Fhsir.2016.37.12&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATransport+and+General+Workers%27+Union" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTransport_and_General_Workers'_UnionGreat_Britain1976" class="citation book cs1">Transport and General Workers' Union; Great Britain, eds. (1976). <i>Inequality: the evidence of the Transport and General Workers' Union to the Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth</i>. Nottingham: Spokesman Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-85124-145-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-85124-145-6"><bdi>978-0-85124-145-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Inequality%3A+the+evidence+of+the+Transport+and+General+Workers%27+Union+to+the+Royal+Commission+on+the+Distribution+of+Income+and+Wealth&rft.place=Nottingham&rft.pub=Spokesman+Books&rft.date=1976&rft.isbn=978-0-85124-145-6&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATransport+and+General+Workers%27+Union" class="Z3988"></span><a href="//archive.org/details/inequalityeviden0000tran" class="extiw" title="iarchive:inequalityeviden0000tran">Online</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWeiler1993" class="citation book cs1">Weiler, Peter (1993). <i>Ernest Bevin</i>. Manchester University Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ernest+Bevin&rft.pub=Manchester+University+Press&rft.date=1993&rft.aulast=Weiler&rft.aufirst=Peter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATransport+and+General+Workers%27+Union" class="Z3988"></span> <a href="//archive.org/details/ernestbevin0000weil" class="extiw" title="iarchive:ernestbevin0000weil">Online</a></li> <li>Weir, Adrian. <i>UNITE History Volume 6 (1992-2010): The Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU): Unity for a New Era</i> (Liverpool University Press, 2023) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=5_TnEAAAQBAJ&dq=TGWU&pg=PP1">online</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilliams1952" class="citation book cs1">Williams, Francis (1952). <i>Ernest Bevin: Portrait of A Great Englishman</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ernest+Bevin%3A+Portrait+of+A+Great+Englishman&rft.date=1952&rft.aulast=Williams&rft.aufirst=Francis&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATransport+and+General+Workers%27+Union" class="Z3988"></span> <a href="//archive.org/details/ernestbevinportr0000fran" class="extiw" title="iarchive:ernestbevinportr0000fran">Online</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transport_and_General_Workers%27_Union&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110720142850/http://www.unitetheunion.org/about_us/history/history_of_the_tg/the_history_of_the_tg.aspx">The history 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title="Ernest Bevin">Ernest Bevin</a></li> <li>1940: <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Deakin" title="Arthur Deakin">Arthur Deakin</a></li> <li>1955: <a href="/wiki/Jock_Tiffin" title="Jock Tiffin">Jock Tiffin</a></li> <li>1955: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Cousins_(British_politician)" title="Frank Cousins (British politician)">Frank Cousins</a></li> <li>1969: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Jones_(trade_unionist)" title="Jack Jones (trade unionist)">Jack Jones</a></li> <li>1978: <a href="/wiki/Moss_Evans" title="Moss Evans">Moss Evans</a></li> <li>1985: <a href="/wiki/Ron_Todd_(trade_unionist)" title="Ron Todd (trade unionist)">Ron Todd</a></li> <li>1992: <a href="/wiki/Bill_Morris,_Baron_Morris_of_Handsworth" title="Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth">Bill Morris</a></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Tony_Woodley,_Baron_Woodley" title="Tony Woodley, Baron Woodley">Tony Woodley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Deputy General Secretaries</th><td 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Secretaries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>1924: <a href="/wiki/John_Cliff" title="John Cliff">John Cliff</a></li> <li>1935: <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Deakin" title="Arthur Deakin">Arthur Deakin</a></li> <li>1940: <a href="/wiki/Harold_Clay" title="Harold Clay">Harold Clay</a></li> <li>1948: <a href="/wiki/Jock_Tiffin" title="Jock Tiffin">Jock Tiffin</a></li> <li>1955: <a href="/wiki/Frank_Cousins_(British_politician)" title="Frank Cousins (British politician)">Frank Cousins</a></li> <li>1956: <a href="/wiki/Harry_Nicholas" title="Harry Nicholas">Harry Nicholas</a></li> <li>1968: <a href="/wiki/Harry_Urwin" title="Harry Urwin">Harry Urwin</a></li> <li>1974: <i>Vacant</i></li> <li>1985: <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Haigh" title="Eddie Haigh">Eddie Haigh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Larry_Smith_(trade_unionist)" title="Larry Smith (trade unionist)">Larry Smith</a></li> <li>1988: Eddie Haigh</li> 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