Catalogue description Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers (AUBTW)

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Reference: TU/BUILD
Title: Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers (AUBTW)
Description:

Annual and quarterly reports, conference reports, rule books, and branch records
Date: 1872-1972
Arrangement:

Series 1 - Annual and quarterly reports, 1919-1971;
Series 2 - Conference reports, 1922-1963;
Series 3 - Rule books, 1872-1971;
Series 5 - Branch records including Hyde, Manchester district and Manchester no.6 branch
Held by: Working Class Movement Library, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers
Physical description: 65 volumes, 101 items
Access conditions:

Open for consultation.
Subjects:
  • Trade unions
  • Construction industry
  • Bricklayers
  • Builders
Unpublished finding aids:

The full catalogue is available online on the Working Class Movement Library's Web Site - www.wcml.org.uk/catalogue/adlib-catalogue

Administrative / biographical background:

In 1921 the Operative Society of Masons, Quarrymen and Allied Trades of England and Wales amalgamated with the Manchester Unity of Operatives Bricklayers Society and the London Order of Operative Bricklayers Society to form the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers (AUBTW). The - National builders Labourers and Constructional Workers Society joined in 1952, the National Society of Street Masons, Paviours and Roadmakers in 1966 and the Amalgamated Slaters, Tilers and Roofing Operatives Society in 1969. In 1971 AUBTW merged with Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers and Decorators to form the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (UCATT)

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