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The 100 largest trade unions in the UK in 1907, according to the Board of Trade.[1]
Union |
1907 membership |
1903 membership
|
Manchester Unity of Bricklayers |
2,247 |
|
Operative Bricklayers' Society |
30,504 |
|
United Operative Masons' Association of Scotland |
1,769 |
7,984
|
Operative Society of Masons, Quarrymen and Allied Trades of England and Wales |
11,442 |
17,140
|
General Union of Carpenters and Joiners |
5,451 |
|
Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners |
68,735 |
|
United Operative Plumbers' Association of Great Britain and Ireland |
11,475 |
|
National Association of Operative Plasterers |
7,388 |
|
National Amalgamated Society of Operative House and Ship Painters and Decorators |
17,377 |
|
General Labourers Amalgamated Union |
2,292 |
4,091
|
Navvies, Bricklayers' Labourers and General Labourers Union |
2,057 |
|
United Builders' Labourers Union |
3,021 |
8,244
|
Northumberland Miners' Association |
32,327 |
|
Durham Miners' Association |
105,612 |
|
Durham Colliery Enginemen and Boiler Minders |
2,666 |
|
Durham Cokemen and Labourers' Association |
4,083 |
|
Durham Colliery Mechanics' Association |
4,357 |
|
Cumberland Miners' Association |
5,134 |
|
Yorkshire Miners' Association |
79,052 |
|
Derbyshire Miners' Association |
36,087 |
|
Nottinghamshire Miners' Association |
28,415 |
|
Warwickshire Miners' Association |
9,000 |
|
Cannock Chase Miners' Association |
7,500 |
|
Leicestershire Miners' Association |
4,724 |
|
Fife and Kinross Miners' Association |
15,500 |
|
Mid and East Lothian Miners' Association |
6,750 |
|
North Wales Quarrymen's Union |
2,607 |
|
British Steel Smelters, Mill, Iron, Tinplate and Kindred Trades Association |
15,518 |
|
Associated Iron and Steel Workers of Great Britain |
17,415 |
|
Amalgamated Society of Steel and Iron Workers |
6,328 |
|
Friendly Society of Iron Founders of England, Ireland and Wales |
19,501 |
|
Associated Iron Moulders of Scotland |
8,127 |
|
Steam Engine Makers' Society |
12,452 |
|
United Machine Workers' Association |
5,342 |
|
Amalgamated Society of Engineers |
110,084 |
|
United Patternmakers' Association |
6,842 |
|
Associated Blacksmiths of Scotland |
2,907 |
|
Amalgamated Society of Smiths and Strikers |
3,849 |
|
National Society of Amalgamated Brassworkers and Metal Mechanics |
7,901 |
|
United Society of Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders |
52,776 |
|
Shipconstructors' and Shipwrights' Association |
19,350 |
|
Bedstead Workmen's Association |
1,949 |
|
Bolton and District Card, Blowing and Ring Room Operatives' Provincial Association |
8,500 |
|
Oldham Provincial Card and Blowing Room and Ring Frame Operatives' Association |
16,211 |
|
South East Lancashire Provincial Card and Blowing Room Operatives' Association |
5,333 |
|
Amalgamated Association of Operative Cotton Spinners |
50,349 |
|
Blackburn and District Power Loom Overlookers' Association |
1,325 |
|
Padiham and District Weavers', Winders' and Warpers' Association |
6,010 |
|
Blackburn and District Power-Loom Weavers' Association |
14,800 |
|
Chorley and District Weavers', Winders', Warpers' and Reelers' Association |
4,620 |
|
Accrington and District Weavers', Winders' and Warpers' Friendly Association |
4,409 |
|
Darwen Weavers', Winders' and Warpers' Association |
8,298 |
|
Burnley and District Weavers', Winders' and Beamers' Association |
18,500 |
|
Nelson and District Weavers' Association |
11,000 |
|
Ashton-under-Lyne and District Power-Loom Weavers' Association |
5,319 |
|
Hyde and District Weavers', Winders', Warpers' and Doublers' Association |
7,150 |
|
Colne and District Weavers', Winders' and Beamers' Association |
6,298 |
|
Blackburn Weavers' Protection Society |
|
|
Flax Roughers' and Yarn Spinners' Trade Union |
1,797 |
|
Leicestershire Hosiery Union |
1,281 |
1,787
|
Amalgamated Society of Operative Lace Makers |
3,197 |
|
Amalgamated Society of Dyers, Finishers and Kindred Trades |
7,869 |
|
Amalgamated Association of Boot and Shoemakers |
1,682 |
2,378
|
National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives |
30,512 |
|
Amalgamated Society of Tailors and Tailoresses |
13,842 |
|
Scottish Amalgamated Society of Tailors and Tailoresses |
3,454 |
|
Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants |
97,561 |
|
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen |
19,500 |
|
General Railway Workers' Union |
7,506 |
|
London Carmen's Trade Union |
6,051 |
|
Amalgamated Association of Tramway and Vehicle Workers |
15,010 |
|
United Carters' Association of England |
2,465 |
|
Amalgamated Society of Watermen, Lightermen and Watchmen of the River Thames |
2,317 |
|
Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Labourers' Union |
13,202 |
|
Mersey Quay and Railway Carters' Union |
3,460 |
|
National Union of Dock Labourers |
21,296 |
|
London and Provincial Society of Compositors |
12,387 |
|
Printing Machine Managers' Trade Society |
2,495 |
|
Typographical Association |
19,733 |
|
Scottish Typographical Association |
3,925 |
|
Society of Lithographic Artists, Designers, Engravers and Process Workers |
4,438 |
|
London Consolidated Society of Journeymen Bookbinders |
1,245 |
|
Bookbinders' and Machine Rulers' Consolidated Union |
4,579 |
|
Amalgamated Union of Cabinetmakers |
3,093 |
|
National Amalgamated Furnishing Trades Association |
7,007 |
|
United Kingdom Society of Coachmakers |
9,186 |
|
Amalgamated Society of Woodcutting Machinists |
4,685 |
|
Glass Bottle Makers of Yorkshire Trade Protection Society |
2,532 |
|
Amalgamated Union of Operative Bakers |
5,137 |
|
Operative Bakers' National Federal Union of Scotland |
5,024 |
|
Cigar Makers |
1,832 |
|
Amalgamated Union of Co-operative Employees |
19,765 |
|
National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks |
20,218 |
|
National Union of Gas Workers and General Labourers of Great Britain and Ireland |
39,805 |
|
Amalgamated Society of Gasworkers, Brickmakers and General Labourers |
4,079 |
|
National Amalgamated Labourers' Union |
3,154 |
|
National Amalgamated Union of Labour |
22,411 |
|
Postmen's Federation |
34,255 |
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- ^ Report on Trade Unions in 1905-1907. London: Board of Trade. 1909. p. 82-101.