Note 591 — Chapter VIII

We did not include in the above statistics the Unions in classes not included among the manual workers. The National Union of Teachers, established 1870, was, already in 1892, a powerful organisation with 23,000 members. The Telegraph Clerks, Life Assurance Agents, and Shop Assistants also had Unions varying from 1000 to 5000 members, and there were two organisations of postal employees. The National Unions of Clerks and Domestic Servants were less definitely established. There were also small societies among the London Dock Foremen and Clerks and the Poplar Ships’ Clerks.

Nor did we include such essentially benefit societies as the Marine Engineers’ Union (9500 members) and the United Kingdom Pilots’ Association, which were composed largely of workmen belonging for trade purposes to particular Trade Unions.