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National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks

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722: 170:. Its membership grew rapidly, from just under 1,300 in 1893 to more than 7,500 in 1900. During this period, it relocated its headquarters to London, merged in 1898 with the United Shop Assistants Union, and adopted its final name. 193: 564: 505: 473: 197: 186: 53: 177:. It continued to expand, merging with the National Association of Grocers Assistants in 1920 and the Dental Assistants Union in 1921. It built up a branch in 441: 409: 377: 732: 174: 727: 182: 596: 537: 254: 742: 345: 313: 281: 158:
The union was founded in 1891 with the merger of the East London Shop Assistants' Union and the Warehouse Assistants' Union. Based in
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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
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Notable figures associated with the union include assistant general secretary
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candidates in several Parliamentary elections, many of whom won election.
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Index

National Union of Shop Assistants
Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers
Malet Street
TUC
ITUC
Labour
trade union
Manchester
Amalgamated Union of Co-operative Employees
Dublin
Irish Drapers' Assistants Association
Irish Union of Distributive Workers and Clerks
National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers
Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers
Margaret Bondfield
James Seddon
Labour Party
1906 general election
Gravesend
James Macpherson
Newton
James Seddon
1910 Jan general election
Newton
James Seddon
1910 Dec general election
Newton
James Seddon
1922 general election
South East Essex

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