The United Ladies' Tailors' Trade Union was a trade union representing tailors in London. Most of its members were Jewish, although all tailors were eligible to join.

The union was founded in 1907 as the London Ladies' Tailors', Machinists' and Pressers' Trade Union, but by 1911 had only 388 members. Given that the large majority of its members were Jewish, union business was conducted in Yiddish. In 1912, it grew enormously to have 3,235 members, thereafter remaining at roughly this level.

United Ladies Tailors' Trade Union

In 1919, Jacob Fine became general secretary of the union, and organised mergers with as many small ladies' tailors unions as possible. On the urging of the Trades Union Congress, it discussed a possible merger with the Amalgamated Society of Tailors and Tailoresses and the Tailors and Garment Workers Trade Union, but it decided against joining either union. However, in 1939 it did amalgamate with the National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers.

United Ladies Tailors' Trade Union

General Secretaries

Philip Kaplan

Salve Josephs

1919: Jacob Fine

References

Trade unions established in 1908

Trade unions disestablished in 1939

Trade unions based in London

United Ladies Tailors' Trade Union