The National Union of Shop and Distributive Employees (NUSDE) is a trade union representing workers in the retail and distributive industries in Nigeria.
The union was founded in 1978, when the Government of Nigeria merged the following unions:
P. Z. African Workers' Union of Nigeria U. A. C. and Associated Companies African Workers' Union of Nigeria Nigerian Union of Industrial and Mercantile Workers C.F.A.O. and Associated Companies African Workers' Union of Nigeria National Cash Register Company Workers' Union Nigerian Mercantile Technical, Clerical and General Workers' Union Konsumas General Workers' Union Atlas Nigeria Workers' Union Lennards (Lagos) Ltd. African Workers' Union of Nigeria J. T. Chanrai and Company (Nigeria) Limited Workers' Union Nigerian Mercantile Companies and Allied Union Holts African Workers' Union of Nigeria G. B. Ollivant and Associated Company African Workers' Union K. Chellarams African Workers' Union of Nigeria Nigerian Stores Workers' Union National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers Western Nigeria Co-operative Exporters Workers' Union Singer Industries and Associated Co. Workers' Union Nassar and Sons (Nigeria) Limited Workers' Union Nigergas Limited Workers' Union J. L. Morrison Sons and Jones (Nigeria) Limited Employees' Union Holman Brothers (Nigeria) Limited Workers' Union Cneico (Nigeria) Limited Workers' Union Wayne (West Africa) Limited Workers' Union Nigerian Commercial and Industrial Enterprises Limited African Workers' Union of Nigeria Chanrai African Workers' Union Dizengof (West Africa) Nigeria Workers' Union Union of Pharmaceutical Salesman and Allied Workers of Nigeria Stormline D. C. Payne and Associates Workers' Union W. F, Clarke and Associated Companies Workers' Union of Nigeria Blackwood, Hodge (Nigeria) Ltd. African Workers' Association Brian Munro Ltd. and Allied Industries Workers' Union Bhojsons Industries Workers' Union Kaycee (Nigeria) Limited Workers' Union Hamzer and Allied Company Workers' Union of Nigeria Witt and Bush Group of Companies Workers' Union of Nigeria NAAFCO Workers' Union Tradev Workers' Union of Nigeria G. B. Holding Ltd. and Associated Cos. African Workers' Union 158 Baresel Ltd. African Workers' Union of Nigeria U. T. C. African Workers' Union of Nigeria S. C. O. A. Workers' Union of Nigeria V. Y. B. and Associated Companies African Employees' Union Kaycee Nigeria Ltd. African Workers' Union Ibru Group of Companies Workers' Union Bulkoil Plant of Nigeria Workers' Union Major and Company and Associated Companies Workers' Union Datrade Polfa and Associated Company Workers' Union
The union was a founding affiliate of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). By 1995, it had about 20,000 members. In 2016, the union left the NLC to become a founding constituent of the United Labour Congress (ULC). However, in 2020, the whole ULC rejoined the NLC.
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