Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The General Trades Union of the City of New York (GTU) was formed in 1833. They staged over 40 strikes and by 1836 had a membership including 66% of New York City labourersers. The GTU of the City and County of Philadelphia was formed in 1834. See also: Mechanies Union of Trade Associations, Working Men's Party, New England Association of Farmer's, Mechanics, and Other Working Men, Communism, Anarchism, Socialism This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.