Bakers, Food and Allied Workers' Union

BFAWU
Full name Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union
Founded 1847
Members 20,496 (2013)[1]
Affiliation TUC, TUCG, ICTU, Labour Party[2]
Key people Ronnie Draper, general secretary
Office location Hertfordshire, England
Country United Kingdom
Website www.bfawu.org

The Bakers, Food and Allied Workers' Union (BFAWU) is a trade union in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1847 in Manchester, it is a trade-based union of workers in the food industry.

Soon after foundation, the union began organising nationally and became the Amalgamated Union of Operative Bakers. It gained prominence when its 1861 campaign for improvements in working conditions led to the Bakehouse Regulations Act 1863. The union gradually adopted a federal structure.

In 1964, the union was renamed the Bakers' Union, but this was later lengthened to the present name.

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