EIGHT MILION BRITISH TRADE UNIONISTS HAVE £58,000,000 IN BANK
LONDON, Nov. 7 -Rec. 6 pm).Britain’s 417 registered trade unions with a membership of 8,000,000, hav< ■ £58,000,000 in the bank, according 1< figures just puolished. Ten years ago, with 5,000,000 mem bers, they had £22,000,000. The biggest share is held by th Transport and General Workers anGeneral and Municipal Workers, whhave £9.000,000 between them. Mem bership last year dropped by 33,000Ihe first fall since 1939. The chief registrar of Friendly So .cieties, who released lhe figures I stated union membership was abou 190 per rent, of the whole Britisl trade union movement. Specia I N.Z.P.A. Correspondent.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 8 November 1950, Page 5
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