National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks
November 01, 2023
The National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks (NAUSAWC, often known as the Shop Assistants' Union) was a trade union representing retail workers in the United Kingdom.
Shop Assistants' Union
National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks
Predecessor
East London Shop Assistants' Union Warehouse Assistants' Union
The union was founded in 1891 with the merger of the East London Shop Assistants' Union and the Warehouse Assistants' Union. Based in Manchester, it was originally named the National Union of Shop Assistants, and the following year, 1893 it became the National Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks. Its membership grew rapidly, from just under 1,300 in 1893 to more than 7,500 in 1900.[1] During this period, it relocated its headquarters to London, merged in 1898 with the United Shop Assistants Union, and adopted its final name.[2]
national, amalgamated, union, shop, assistants, warehousemen, clerks, nausawc, often, known, shop, assistants, union, trade, union, representing, retail, workers, united, kingdom, shop, assistants, unionpredecessoreast, london, shop, assistants, unionwarehouse. The National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants Warehousemen and Clerks NAUSAWC often known as the Shop Assistants Union was a trade union representing retail workers in the United Kingdom Shop Assistants UnionNational Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants Warehousemen and ClerksPredecessorEast London Shop Assistants UnionWarehouse Assistants UnionMerged intoUnion of Shop Distributive and Allied WorkersFounded1891Dissolved1946HeadquartersDilke House Malet Street LondonLocationUnited KingdomMembers53 403 1946 PublicationShop AssistantAffiliationsTUC ITUC LabourThe union was founded in 1891 with the merger of the East London Shop Assistants Union and the Warehouse Assistants Union Based in Manchester it was originally named the National Union of Shop Assistants and the following year 1893 it became the National Union of Shop Assistants Warehousemen and Clerks Its membership grew rapidly from just under 1 300 in 1893 to more than 7 500 in 1900 1 During this period it relocated its headquarters to London merged in 1898 with the United Shop Assistants Union and adopted its final name 2 In 1910 the union had more than 21 000 members including 3 000 women and was the second largest union of retail workers after the Amalgamated Union of Co operative Employees It continued to expand merging with the National Association of Grocers Assistants in 1920 and the Dental Assistants Union in 1921 2 It built up a branch in Dublin but this left in 1921 to merge with the Irish Drapers Assistants Association forming the Irish Union of Distributive Workers and Clerks 3 In 1946 the union merged with the National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers to form the Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workers 2 Notable figures associated with the union include assistant general secretary Margaret Bondfield and president James Seddon Election results editThe union sponsored Labour Party candidates in several Parliamentary elections many of whom won election Election Constituency Candidate Votes Percentage Position1906 general election Gravesend James Macpherson 873 16 2 3Newton James Seddon 6 434 52 2 11910 Jan general election Newton James Seddon 7 256 52 7 11910 Dec general election Newton James Seddon 6 562 49 5 21922 general election South East Essex Philip Hoffman 11 459 45 9 21923 general election South East Essex Philip Hoffman 13 979 53 0 11924 general election South East Essex Philip Hoffman 13 820 41 2 21929 general election Sheffield Central Philip Hoffman 19 183 59 1 11931 general election Sheffield Central Philip Hoffman 13 212 38 0 21935 general election Sedgefield John Leslie 20 375 52 3 1Sheffield Central Philip Hoffman 13 408 49 2 21945 general election Sedgefield John Leslie 27 051 63 8 1General secretaries edit1891 William Johnson 1894 James Macpherson 1912 John Turner 1924 John Leslie 1936 G Maurice HannReferences edit USDAW leaflet Retrieved 30 November 2016 a b c Arthur Ivor Marsh Historical Directory of Trade Unions Volume 5 pp 127 128 Arthur Ivor Marsh Historical Directory of Trade Unions Volume 5 pp 119 120 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants Warehousemen and Clerks amp oldid 1024606527, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
