National Union of Furniture Trade Operatives


The National Union of Furniture Trade Operatives was a trade union in the United Kingdom representing furniture makers.
The union was founded in 1947 by the merger of the National Amalgamated Furnishing Trades Association and the Amalgamated Union of Upholsterers. By the 1960s, the union was keen to merge with other in its sector; in 1969, it absorbed the United French Polishers' Society, and the following year, the Midland Glass Bevellers' and Kindred Trades' Society joined.
By 1971, the union had 60,754 members and, that year, it merged with the Amalgamated Society of Woodcutting Machinists to form the Furniture, Timber and Allied Trades Union.

Election results

The union sponsored Labour Party candidates in several Parliamentary elections.
ElectionConstituencyCandidateVotesPercentagePosition
1964 general electionNewcastle upon Tyne North12,51539.12
1964 general electionNottingham South21,04641.02
1970 general electionShoreditch and Finsbury14,47466.91

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