Catalogue Number
NMLH.1991.115.17
Object Name
Poster
Title
A QUESTION FOR ALL PARENTS. ARE YOUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS EMPLOYED AS SHOP WORKERS .... ? IF SO ! ENSURE THEIR WELLBEING IS PROTECTED BY MEMBERSHIP OF THE UNION ...
Place
area office & 122 Wilmslow Road & Manchester & Lancashire
Date
1950
Description
Yellow, red and black poster. The text reads, "A question for all parents, are your sons and daughters employed as shop workers or in any other sections of the distributive trades? If so! Ensure their wellbeing is protected by membership of the Union of Shop-Distributive and allied workers. The union which has revolutionised wages and conditions for distributive and allied workers. Membership covers - free legal advice, protection, financial aid, security. No member of a working class family should be a non unionist. USDAW - get in touch with local USDAW officials today." The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) is a trade union in the United Kingdom, consisting of around 400,000 members. Usdaw members work in a variety of occupations and industries. The union was formed in 1947 by the merger of the National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers and the National Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks. Some other unions have since merged in, including the
Amalgamated Society of Boot and Shoe Makers and Repairers in 1955, and the Scottish Union of Bakers and Allied Workers in 1978.
