Friday, October 23, 2009

Uxbridge Shop Workers Union 1906


UXBRIDGE
National Amalgamamted Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks Union




Meeting of the Uxbridge branch of the National Amalgamamted Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks was held at Middleton Restaurant, Uxbridge 63 St Andrew's on Tuesday evening 17th April 2oth 1906.

The Uxbridge branch being active as early as 1903.

The National Amalgamamted Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks union had been formed at a meeting held between the East London Shop Assistants Association and the Warehouse Assistant's Union and established on at a conference held in Birmingham on 29th and 30th March 1891. In 1947 the union merged tobcome USDAW.

At the 1906 Uxbridge branch meeting the speaker was Mr J, Turner organiser L.D.C (London District Committee ?) and Mr Thacker, Chairman of LDC.

Mr Turner condemed the "Living In" scandal (forced to live above the shop) and spoke of the need for better wages and improvement of the treatment.

Mr W. Watson is the Secretary of the Uxbridge Branch National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks union.


Emila Dilke was involved with the Women's Protective and Provident League, later the Women's Trade union League (WTUL), from near its inception in 1874 and she served as President of the WTUL for many years until her death.




YIEWSLEY & WEST DRAYTON CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY
UXBRIDGE STORE OPEN'S 1910


Uxbridge store of the Yiewsley and West Drayton Co-operative established 1893 opened Friday 11th March 1910 at 31 and 32 Windsor Street, Uxbridge, this was the Co-operatives second store after Yiewsley.

President: H.J. Chilton
Secretary: E.Cox