Lurgan Hemmers' Veiners' and General Workers' Union

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.[3] In 1911 the union had 2,500 members.[1] 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.

Lurgan Hemmers' Veiners and General Workers' Union

Founded	1885
Date dissolved	1951
Merged into	Transport and General Workers Union
Members	2,500 (1911)[1]
Affiliation	Irish Trades Union Congress
Key people	R. Levin, Secretary[2]
Office location	79 North Street, Lurgan[2]
Country	Northern Ireland

General Secretaries

1900s: Minnie Rodgers

c.1919: Robert Levin

See also

• Transport and General Workers' Union
• TGWU amalgamations

References

1. "Historical Studies in Industrial Relations". Historical Studies in Industrial Relations. Keele University Centre for Industrial Relations (13–14): 67. 2002. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
2. "The Labour Year Book". The Labour Year Book. General Council of the Trade Union Congress: 367. 1919. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
3. Moriarty, Theresa (2002). "Work, warfare and wages: Industrial controls and Irish trade unionism in the First World War". In Gregory, Adrian; Pašeta, Senia (eds.). Ireland and the Great War: 'A War to Unite Us All?'. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 92. ISBN 0-7190-5924-0. Retrieved 10 April 2013.
4. Moriarty, Theresa (2002). "Work, warfare and wages: Industrial controls and Irish trade unionism in the First World War". In Gregory, Adrian; Pašeta, Senia (eds.). Ireland and the Great War: 'A War to Unite Us All?'. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 83. ISBN 0-7190-5924-0. Retrieved 10 April 2013.