Trade unions

Full Name Short Name Notes
Midland Textile Association MTA
Miners' Federation of Great Britain MFGB Formed 1889. Later renamed the National Union of Mineworkers in 1945.
Musicians' Union MU
National Amalgamated Union of Labour NAUL Formed 1888. In 1924, merged with the National Union of General Workers and the MEA to form the National Union of General and Municipal Workers.
National Amicable Union of Life Assurance Workers NAULAW
National Association for Engine and Cranemen NAU
National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers NACODS
National Association of Co-operative Officials NACO
National Association of Local Government Officers NALGO
National Association of Power Loom Overseers NAPLO
National Association of Probation Officers NAPO
National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers NASUWT
National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education NATFHE
National Association of Theatrical and Kine Employees NATKE
National Communications Union NCU Formed 1983.
National Federation of General Workers NFGW
National Federation of Hairdressers NFH
National Federation of Professional Workers NFPW
National Federation of Women Workers NFWW
National Graphical Association NGA Merged with the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades in 1991 to form the Graphical, Paper and Media Union.
National League of the Blind and Disabled NLBD
National Sailors' and Firemen's Union NSFU
National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants NATSOPA Merged with SOGAT in 1982.
National Society of Pottery Workers NSPW
National Transport Workers' Federation NTWF