ABSTRACT
But, out of the 5t million odd women employed, only over a million and three-quarters (I ,855,586) are in factory employment.
Thus, out of the 552,585 women in Unions affiliated to the Trades. Union Congress, no fewer than 428,ooo are covered by I o Unions :
Weavers' Association 70,736 Tailors and Garment Workers . 66,607 Distributive and Allied Workers. 54, I I 7 General and Municipal Workers 43,32 ~
, Cardroom, Amalgamation . 36,776 Dyers . 35,972 Transport and General Workers. 33,48 I Boot and Shoe 34,905 Printing and Bookbinding. 3 I ,ooo Shop Assistants 25,5I4 Pottery Workers I4,292 Hosiery I I, 797
Even this list hardly does justice to the actual concentration of Union membership. Out of the 428,ooo comprised in the I2 Unions listed above, nearly I43,ooo are in the three Unions covering the Textile trades, since the Dyers take in most of the organised women in the
Next in unionised numbers to the Textiles come the Distributive trades, which cover shops, stores and warehouses of all kinds, including the stores belonging to the Co-operative Societies. Here women form a large but not preponderating part of the total body of workers. They are working often, but not always, side by side with men. Between them the National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers and the National Union of Shop Assistants cover over 8o,ooo women members.
