Founded 1847 | Members 20,496 (2013) | |
Full name Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union Affiliation TUC, TUCG, ICTU, Labour Party Key people Ronnie Draper, general secretary Office location Stanborough House, Great North Road, Welwyn Garden City | ||
The Bakers, Food and Allied Workers' Union (BFAWU) is a trade union in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1847 in Manchester, it is a trade-based union of workers in the food industry.
Soon after foundation, the union began organising nationally and became the Amalgamated Union of Operative Bakers. It gained prominence when its 1861 campaign for improvements in working conditions led to the Bakehouse Regulations Act 1863. The union gradually adopted a federal structure.
In 1964, the union was renamed the Bakers' Union, but this was later lengthened to the present name.
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