Amalgamated Society of Watermen, Lightermen and Bargemen

Former trade union of the United Kingdom

  • United Kingdom
Members
7,000 (1920)[1]
Key people
Harry Gosling (General Secretary)AffiliationsNTWF

The Amalgamated Society of Watermen, Lightermen and Bargemen was a trade union in the United Kingdom.

The union was founded in 1889 as the Amalgamated Society of Watermen and Lightermen of the River Thames. In 1901, it merged with the Watchmen's Union of the River Thames to form the Amalgamated Society of Watermen, Lightermen and Watchers of the River Thames. It merged with the Medway Sailors and Bargemen's Union in 1912 when it adopted its final name. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1922.[2]

Election results

The union affiliated to the Labour Party, and stood its general secretary in the 1918 UK general election.[3]

Constituency Candidate Votes % Position
Uxbridge Harry Gosling 6,251 37.6 2

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b Eaton, Jack; Gill, Colin (1981). The Trade Union Directory. London: Pluto Press. p. 56. ISBN 0861043502.
  2. ^ John B. Smethurst and Peter Carter, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, p.146
  3. ^ Labour Party (1918), Report of the Seventeenth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, p.192
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  • 1922: Ernest Bevin
  • 1940: Arthur Deakin
  • 1955: Jock Tiffin
  • 1955: Frank Cousins
  • 1969: Jack Jones
  • 1978: Moss Evans
  • 1985: Ron Todd
  • 1992: Bill Morris
  • 2004: Tony Woodley
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Chairs
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