Very happy to have added this to my collection of trade union badges. The National Federation of Women Workers operated as a trade union from 1906-1921, before merging into the National Union of General and Municipal Workers. If you want to know more, I recommend the work of historian Cathy Hunt, who has published books on both the NFWW and its leading light, Mary Macarthur https://cathyhunthistorian.com/
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An indignant-looking pot on this Ceramic and Allied Trades Union badge. The CATU emerged from a series of mergers in 1970, but traced its roots back to the early years of the twentieth century. It eventually merged into the GMB. #TradeUnionBadges #TradeUnionHistory

An indignant-looking pot on this Ceramic and Allied Trades Union badge. The CATU emerged from a series of mergers in 1970, but traced its roots back to the early years of the twentieth century. It eventually merged into the GMB. #TradeUnionBadges #TradeUnionHistory

I believe this badge is from the United Vehicle Workers trade union that enjoyed only a brief existence before becoming part of the TGWU in 1922, though I can find no record of it incorporating “road transport’ in its name.
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These fantastic 1920s banners, made for the Holloway branch of the Workers’ Union, are inspired by the work of Walter Crane. They are on display in the People’s History Museum in Manchester. If labour history is your thing, follow @sslh @histodons
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Adopting this name in 1928, the National Union of Printing, Bookbinding and Paperworkers emerged from the mergers of numerous small and specialist unions, some of which traced their roots back to the 1820s. It went on to absorb further unions over the years, and in 1966 merged with NATSOPA to form the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades. Its archives are kept in the Modern Records Centre at Warwick University https://mrc.epexio.com/records/NPB

This trade union banner made for the Bradford branch of the National Union of General Workers dates from the 1920s. It’s on display in the People’s History Museum in Manchester
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Another trade union badge…
When the National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers merged into the GMB in 1991, it took its eye-catching scissors logo with it. The tailors’ union could trace its origins back to the 1850s, and by 1950 had around 130,000 members. But the industry’s decline saw membership halve over the next forty years. @histodons #LabourHistory #TradeUnionHistory #TradeUnionBadges

This is the oldest surviving trade union banner in the world. It was made for the Liverpool Tin Plate Workers Society in 1821, and it’s in the People’s History Museum in Manchester. #LabourHistory #TradeUnionHistory @histodons

This is the oldest surviving trade union banner in the world. It was made for the Liverpool Tin Plate Workers Society in 1821, and it’s in the People’s History Museum in Manchester. #LabourHistory #TradeUnionHistory @Histodons