The National Society of Brushmakers and General Workers was a trade union in the United Kingdom.
The union dated its establishment to 1747, when the Manchester Society of Brushmakers was founded.
By 1839, the United Society of Brushmakers had been established, which appears to have incorporated the Manchester Society, and gradually absorbed local unions of brushmakers from around the country.
[1] Initially, the union focused on welfare payments for members, and set a high entrance fee - 20 shillings by the 1880s.
By the end of the 1960s, it had around 6,000 members,[2] and in 1971 it added "and General Workers" to its name.