Series 1: annual reports, 1964-1994 (not complete)
Series 2: conference reports, 1914-1922 and 1974-1995 (not complete)
Series 3: rules books, 1931-1967
Series 4: agreements and other papers
Series 5: branch records including Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester and Preston
The Amalgamated Union of Operative Bakers of England was formed in 1861. In 1914 it changed its name to Amalgamated Union of Operative Bakers, Confectioners and Allied Workers of Great Britain and Ireland. In 1925 it changed its name again to the Amalgamated Union of Operative Bakers, Confectioners and Allied Workers. The union shortened its name to Bakers Union in 1964 and later expanded it to the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union.
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The collection was donated by the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union, Manchester district
The full catalogue is available online on the Working Class Movement Library's Web Site - www.wcml.org.uk/catalogue/adlib-catalogue
These records were catalogued by Sophie Johnston and amended by Kate Hart, Dec 2008, as part of the 'The past meets the present', HLF project. Description compiled by Kate Hart, Jan 2010 and updated by Jane Taylor, May 2020.
