National Union of Docks, Wharves and Shipping Staffs

This material is held atModern Records Centre, University of Warwick

  • Reference
    • GB 152 DWS
  • Former Reference
    • GB 152 DWS
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1919-1923
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 box (6 items)

Scope and Content

'Quayside and Office' (journal), 1919-1921; Rules, 1919-1921.

Administrative / Biographical History

The Port of London Staff Association was founded in 1909, succeeding the recently disbanded London and India Docks Staff Association. It registered as a trade union and became the Port of London Docks and Wharves' Staff Association in 1917. It became the National Union of Docks, Wharves and Shipping Staffs in 1919. The union represented white collar staff in the Port of London, and latterly within docks nationally.

It was a founder member of the Transport and General Workers' Union on 1 January 1922. On joining the TGWU the membership formed the Administrative, Clerical and Supervisory Group.

Access Information

Prior written permission to consult unpublished records in this archive is required. Details are given in the full catalogue. Subject to permission being granted, the archive is available to researchers by appointment at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. See http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/using/

Other Finding Aids

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

Custodial History

The material was deposited from 1976 by the TGWU

Related Material

See also MSS.126/TG (Transport and General Workers' Union)