Furniture, Timber and Allied Trades Union
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The Furniture, Timber and Allied Trades Union (FTAT) was a trade union
in the United Kingdom
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The union was founded in 1971 by the merger of the National Union of Furniture Trade Operatives and the Amalgamated Society of Woodcutting Machinists. In 1978, the National Union of Funeral Service Operatives merged with it. The following year, its total membership was 85,407. The union was a member of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions
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By 1993, membership was down to 31,642, and the union merged with the GMB, forming the bulk of its new "Construction, Furniture, Timber and Allied" section.
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
in the United Kingdom
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The union was founded in 1971 by the merger of the National Union of Furniture Trade Operatives and the Amalgamated Society of Woodcutting Machinists. In 1978, the National Union of Funeral Service Operatives merged with it. The following year, its total membership was 85,407. The union was a member of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions
Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions
The Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions is a trade union confederation in the United Kingdom.-History:The confederation was founded in December 1890 as the Federation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades by small craft unions, on the initiative of Robert Knight of the United...
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By 1993, membership was down to 31,642, and the union merged with the GMB, forming the bulk of its new "Construction, Furniture, Timber and Allied" section.