16 and was renumbered on the creation of the Civil Servants Group, in 1946. Group 18: General Workers There were initially a large number of unions of general workers, but within a couple of decades, they had all been absorbed into two large general unions - the National Union of General and Municipal Workers (NUGMW), which became the sole union in this group, and the Transport and General Workers' Union, which was instead placed in Group 3. The General Workers Group was originally Group 17 and was renumbered on the creation of the Civil Servants Group, in 1948. Group 19: Women Workers In 1921, the Women's Trade Union League became the Women's Section of the TUC, and most women's trade unions merged into their counterparts. In exchange, the TUC agreed to create a two-member group, to ensure that women workers had representation on the council. The group was originally numbered 18, and was renumbered on the creation of the Civil Servants Group. The group was expanded to five seats in 1981. 1983 to present After many years of discussion, a comprehensive restructure of the council was agreed in 1982, and took place following the annual TUC meeting in September 1983. Initially, the new council had 53 members, with those unions with more than 100,000 members gaining automatic seats and therefore becoming eligible to nominate members without them being subject to a vote of other unions. Six seats were initially reserved for women. Section A: Larger unions Current members Former members Section B: Unions with 30,000 to 200,000 members Section B originated as part of Section A, unions with 100,000 to 200,000 members being automatically entitled to one seat on the council. In 1989, these unions were moved to a new Section B, but there were no changes to their entitlement of seats. Unions with 30,000 to 99,999 members moved to Section B in 2012. Section C: Other unions Unions with fewer than 100,000 members were placed in Section B until 1989. In 1989, the section for small unions was renamed Section C, and was reduced to eight members. Increased to 11 members in 2001. In 2012, unions with 30,000 to 99,999 members were moved to Section B, and Section C was reduced to seven members. Section D: Women Reduced to four members in 1989. Sections E, F and G: Black workers Section H: Disabled workers Created 2001 Section I: LGBT