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The Lurgan Hemmers’ Veiners’ and General Workers’ Union also known as the Lurgan Hemmers’ and Veiners’ Trade Union and the Lurgan Hemmers’ and Veiners’ and General Women Workers’ Trade Union was a trade union in Northern Ireland. It was formed in 1885 but ‘faded away’ some time before 1889. It was re-established in 1901-2. In 1911 the union had 2500 members. It primarily represented female workers and was briefly affiliated to the Irish Trade Union Congress in 1911.