Following the strike, many employees decided to found a union, the Amalgamated Society of Scale Beam and Weighing Machine Makers.

Wage reductions in the industry and poor organisation led to financial difficulties, which culminated in 1923 with the London branch splitting away.

[1] The London branch claimed to represent the continuation of the union, and it was moderately successful, reaching 150 members by 1927.

The remainder of the union struggled to survive, making its general and financial secretary post part-time, and renaming itself as the Society of Scale Beam and Weighing Machinists.

A ballot saw the union's headquarters move to London, and membership began increasing rapidly.