Lurgan Hemmers' Veiners' and General Workers' Union explained

Lurgan Hemmers' Veiners and General Workers' Union
Location Country:	Northern Ireland
Affiliation:	Irish Trades Union Congress
Members:	2,500 (1911)
Founded:	1885
Dissolved:	1951
Merged:	Transport and General Workers Union
Headquarters:	79 North Street, Lurgan^[1]
Key People:	R. Levin, Secretary

The Lurgan Hemmers' Veiners' and General Workers' Union, also known as the Lurgan Hemmers' and Veiners' Trade Union and the Lurgan Hemmers' and Veiners' and General Women Workers' Trade Union, was a trade union in Northern Ireland. It was formed in 1885 but 'faded away' some time before 1889. It was re-established in 1901–2.^[2] In 1911 the union had 2,500 members.^[3] It primarily represented female workers and was briefly affiliated to the Irish Trades Union Congress in 1911.^[4] It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1951.

General Secretaries

1900s: Minnie Rodgers

c.1919: Robert Levin

See also

• Transport and General Workers' Union
• TGWU amalgamations

Notes and References

1. 1919 . The Labour Year Book . 367 . . The Labour Year Book . 9 April 2013.
2. Encyclopedia: Moriarty . Theresa . Adrian . Gregory . Senia . Pašeta . Ireland and the Great War: 'A War to Unite Us All?' . Work, warfare and wages: Industrial controls and Irish trade unionism in the First World War . 10 April 2013 . 2002 . . Manchester . 0-7190-5924-0 . 92.
3. 2002 . Historical Studies in Industrial Relations . 13–14 . 67 . Keele University Centre for Industrial Relations . Historical Studies in Industrial Relations . 10 April 2013.
4. Encyclopedia: Moriarty . Theresa . Adrian . Gregory . Senia . Pašeta . Ireland and the Great War: 'A War to Unite Us All?' . Work, warfare and wages: Industrial controls and Irish trade unionism in the First World War . 10 April 2013 . 2002 . . Manchester . 0-7190-5924-0 . 83.