Waterproof Garment Workers' Trade Union

They appointed Joseph Fogerty of the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers as a full-time organiser, and he was able to reverse the decline; by 1915, it had more than 500 members.

The following year, it was a founder constituent of the United Garment Workers' Trade Union, but it retained significant autonomy, and became independent once more in 1921.

[1] In 1936, the union was involved in a dispute at J. Meek and Co, in Manchester, and unhappiness about its handling of it led to the whole executive being replaced.

[1] From the 1950s, membership of the union declined in line with employment in the industry, and by 1971 it had only 714 members remaining.

The following year, it voted to amalgamate with the National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers.