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Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Labourers' Union

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it attracted a large following amongst metal-workers. The union was renamed the Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Workers' Union of Great Britain and Ireland in 1899. By this time, it had lost most of its members in London, but continued to grow as more workers joined elsewhere in the country.
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became a prominent official in the union from 1910, and he initiated the merger process which formed the
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representing dock workers in the United Kingdom, founded in 1887 and merged into the
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The Dockers' Union rapidly became the principal union for dockworkers in London,
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working at nearby Monument Quay Warehouse. Considered part of the
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movement, it grew rapidly, with 2,300 members by the end of 1888.
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candidates in two general elections, some of whom won election:
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Amalgamated Society of Watermen, Lightermen and Bargemen
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and was keen to amalgamate with other similar unions.
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Index

Dock, Wharf and Riverside Workers' Union
Transport and General Workers' Union
Arundel Street
NTWF
TUC
trade union
Transport and General Workers' Union
East and West India Dock Company
Ben Tillett
New Unionism
London dock strike of 1889
River Thames
South Side Labour Protection League
Bristol
Cardiff
South Wales
National Transport Workers' Federation
Ernest Bevin
Transport and General Workers' Union
Labour Party
1906
Eccles
Ben Tillett
1918
Bristol South
Thomas Lewis
Forest of Dean
James Wignall
Salford North
Ben Tillett

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