Usdaw: 125 Years Strong: Discovery Museum

The Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) is celebrating its 125th anniversary. The unions pop-up exhibition reviews Usdaws social history and showcases campaigns then and now in the areas of safer workplaces, better conditions, improved pay and fairness at work. 125 years ago, representatives of workers met in Manchester and Birmingham to establish the trade unions which would, in 1947, amalgamate to become the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers. It was in 1923 that the Scottish Slaughtermen and Allied Workers Union joined with NUDAW, a founding union of Usdaw.