Process and General Workers' Union

The Process and General Workers' Union was a British trade union representing workers involved in mining and processing salt, and related industries, mostly in Cheshire.

The union was founded in 1888 and by the 1910s was a member of the National Transport Workers' Federation under the name Northwich Amalgamated Society of Salt Workers, Rock Salt Miners, Alkali Workers, Mechanics and General Labourers. It was based at the Vine Tavern in Northwich, then in the 1920s moved to the George and Dragon.^[1]

In 1951, the union had 2,196 members, and renamed itself as the Mid-Cheshire Salt and Chemical Industries Allied Workers' Union, and in 1966 it became the Process and General Workers' Union. Three years later, it merged into the Transport and General Workers' Union.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Smethurst, John B.; Carter, Peter (June 2009). Historical Directory of Trade Unions. Vol. 6. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing. p. 72. ISBN 9780754666837. LCCN 80-151653.

[smethurst-1] Smethurst, John B.; Carter, Peter (June 2009). Historical Directory of Trade Unions. Vol. 6. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing. p. 72. ISBN 9780754666837. LCCN 80-151653.

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