Catalogue description Registry of Friendly Societies: Certification of Trade Unions under the Trade Union Act 1913: Certification Files
Reference: | FS 29 |
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Title: | Registry of Friendly Societies: Certification of Trade Unions under the Trade Union Act 1913: Certification Files |
Description: |
This series contains record files concerning official recognition of the operative status of a trade union under the Trade Union Act 1913. The files relate to trade unions or associations which were still on the Register at the time of the introduction of the new system of registration under the Industrial Relations Act 1971. |
Date: | 1914-1971 |
Arrangement: |
In numerical order of former reference; there are gaps in the sequence as some files have not survived. |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Language: | English |
Physical description: | 121 file(s) |
Access conditions: | Open |
Administrative / biographical background: |
Certification from the Registrar of Friendly Societies was an official recognition of the operative status of a trade union, under the terms of the Trade Union Act 1913. The Trade Union Act 1913 also permitted trade unions to raise funds for political purposes, but not to compel all its members to contribute to such funds. |
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