Public Works and Constructional Operatives' Union

The Public Works and Constructional Operatives' Union was a trade union

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

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

. It was founded in 1889 by John Ward

John Ward (trade unionist)

Lieutenant-Colonel John Ward CB CMG was an English politician, trade union leader and soldier.-Early life:...

(who remained general secretary

General secretary

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throughout its existence) as the Navvies, Bricklayers' Labourers and General Labourers' Union and renamed in 1920. Losing members to other unions throughout the 1920s, its Staffordshire

Staffordshire

Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...

district merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union

Transport and General Workers' Union

The Transport and General Workers' Union, also known as the TGWU and the T&G, was one of the largest general trade unions in the United Kingdom and Ireland - where it was known as the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union - with 900,000 members...

in 1929 and it disappeared altogether in 1933.

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