National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers

Rules, 1985 Biennial conferences, 1937-61 : reports of proceedings; Executive Board minutes, 1926-64 (incomplete); various sets of circulars, 1937-89 (incomplete); The Garment Worker, 1928-38, 1945-89.

The Tailors and Garment Workers' Union was formed in 1920 by the amalgamation of the Scottish Operative Tailors and Tailoresses' Association and the United Garment Workers' Union. In 1932 this union in turn merged with the Amalgamated Society of Tailors and Tailoresses to form the National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers. In 1939 it absorbed the United Ladies' Tailors' Trade Union and in 1972 the Waterproof Garment Workers' Trade Union. In 1991 the union merged with the General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trades Union.

Reference: Margaret Stewart and Leslie Hunter, 'The needle is threaded. The history of an industry.' 1964

This collection is available to researchers by appointment at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. See http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/using/

Link to full catalogue: http://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/TLG

These records were deposited by the General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trades Union, except 597/82, which was deposited by Community in 2007

Amalgamated Society of Tailors and Tailoresses; papers of Aaron Rapaport Rollin; General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trades Union