Transport and General Workers' Union

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defunct organization trade union

The Transport and General Workers' Union was one of the largest and most influential trade unions in the United Kingdom, representing workers across a wide range of industries throughout much of the 20th century.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Transport and General Workers' Union canonical 5
Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Labourers' Union 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct organization ⓘ
trade union ⓘ
abbreviation TGWU ⓘ
activeInPeriod 20th century ⓘ
affiliatedTo Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
Trades Union Congress ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 2007 ⓘ
fieldOfWork industrial relations ⓘ
labour relations ⓘ
firstGeneralSecretary Ernest Bevin ⓘ
formedByMergerOf Transport and General Workers' Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Labourers' Union

Workers' Union ⓘ
several smaller trade unions ⓘ
founded 1922 ⓘ
hasOrganizationalStructure national union with regional branches ⓘ
headquartersLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
ideology trade unionism ⓘ
keyPerson Ernest Bevin ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
locatedInJurisdiction United Kingdom ⓘ
membershipPeak over one million members ⓘ
mergedInto Unite the Union ⓘ
notableFor being one of the largest trade unions in the United Kingdom ⓘ
opposed anti-union legislation ⓘ
organizedIn England ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
participatedIn collective bargaining ⓘ
industrial disputes in the United Kingdom ⓘ
politicalAlignment labour movement ⓘ
regionServed Great Britain ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
representedSector agriculture ⓘ
aviation ⓘ
docks and ports ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
public services ⓘ
road haulage ⓘ
transport industry ⓘ
scope general union ⓘ
successor Unite the Union ⓘ
supported collective bargaining rights ⓘ
workers' rights ⓘ
supportedPoliticalParty Labour Party (UK) ⓘ
typeOfOrganization general workers' union ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ernest Bevin → employer → Transport and General Workers' Union ⓘ
General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union → appliesToOrganization → Transport and General Workers' Union ⓘ
General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union → roleIn → Transport and General Workers' Union ⓘ
General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union → isChiefExecutiveOf → Transport and General Workers' Union ⓘ
General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union → isPrincipalSpokespersonOf → Transport and General Workers' Union ⓘ
Transport and General Workers' Union → formedByMergerOf → Transport and General Workers' Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Labourers' Union