United Vehicle Workers

United Vehicle WorkersMerged into| Transport and General Workers' Union

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Founded| 1919
Dissolved| 1922
Headquarters| Transport House, Emperor's Gate, South Kensington
Location|

* United Kingdom

Members| 115,897 (1921)

Key people

| Stanley Hirst, general secretary
Affiliations| TUC

The United Vehicle Workers was a trade union representing drivers in the United Kingdom.

The union was founded in 1919 when the London and Provincial Union of Licensed Vehicle Workers merged with the Amalgamated Association of Tramway and Vehicle Workers. These were known as the "red" and "blue" unions, based on the colour of the unions' respective badges, and the supposed political inclinations of their members. It represented drivers of a wide range of vehicles, from buses and trams to cabs and horse-drawn carts. It also recruited related workers, such as conductors, cleaners and farriers. By 1921, the union had 115,897 members.[1]

Within the union, members of its predecessors were reluctant to merge their branches, with the tram and bus drivers coming into particular conflict. Two branches of the union, dominated by bus drivers, broke away in 1921 to form the Trams, Omnibus, and Tube Workers union. Still, Ernest Bevin persuaded them to rejoin later in the year, shortly before the entire union became part of the new Transport and General Workers' Union.[1]

## General Secretaries

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1919: Stanley Hirst[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b c Arthur Marsh and John B. Smethurst, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, vol.5, pp.244-245

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Transport and General Workers' Union

General Secretaries|

* 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

Deputy General Secretaries|

* 1974: Harry Urwin
* 1980: Alec Kitson
* 1986: Bill Morris
* 1992: Jack Adams
* 1999: Margaret Prosser
* 2002: Tony Woodley
* 2003: Jack Dromey

Assistant General Secretaries|

* 1924: John Cliff
* 1935: Arthur Deakin
* 1940: Harold Clay
* 1948: Jock Tiffin
* 1955: Frank Cousins
* 1956: Harry Nicholas
* 1968: Harry Urwin
* 1974: Vacant
* 1985: Eddie Haigh and Larry Smith
* 1988: Eddie Haigh
* 1991: Vacant
* 1999: Barry Camfield and Jimmy Elsby
* 2000: Barry Camfield and Ray Collins

Chairs|

* 1922: Harry Gosling
* 1930: Herbert Kershaw
* 1934: Harry Edwards
* 1948: Edgar Fryer
* 1960: Len Forden
* 1976: Stan Pemberton
* 1982: Walter Greendale
* 1986: Brian Nicholson
* 1988: Daniel Duffy
* 1996: Andy Smith
* 2002: Peter Landles
* 2004: Jimmy Kelly

Forerunners|

* Amalgamated Society of Watermen, Lightermen and Bargemen
* Amalgamated Carters, Lurrymen and Motormen's Union
* Amalgamated Association of Carters and Motormen
* Associated Horsemen's Union
* Dock, Wharf, Riverside and General Labourers' Union
* Labour Protection League
* National Amalgamated Labourers' Union
* National Union of Docks, Wharves and Shipping Staffs
* National Union of Ships' Clerks, Grain Weighers and Coalmeters
* National Union of Vehicle Workers
* National Amalgamated Coal Workers' Union
* North of England Trimmers' and Teemers' Association
* North of Scotland Horse and Motormen's Association
* United Vehicle Workers

Other topics|

* Amalgamations
* National Transport Workers' Federation
* Trades Union Congress
* Transport House
* Unite

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