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Electrical Trades Union

Catalogue reference: TU/ELEC

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This record is about the Electrical Trades Union dating from 1905-1993.

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Reference
TU/ELEC
Title
Electrical Trades Union
Date
1905-1993
Description

Annual reports, minutes of the Executive Council and Sub-Executive Committee, conference reports, rule books, other papers - Electrical Supply Industry Joint Industrial Council minute books, branch records

Arrangement

Series 1: annual reports, 1922-1962 (not complete);
Series 2: minutes of the Executive Council and Sub-Executive Committee, 1912-1993 (not complete);
Series 3: conference reports, 1940-1985;
Series 4: rule books;
Series 5: other papers - Electrical Supply Industry Joint Industrial Council minute books;
Series 6: Branch records including Darlington, Littlehampton, Maryport, Middlesbrough, Newferry, Newport, Nottingham North, Peckham, Runcorn on Widnes, Stoke on Trent and Worthing.

Related material

Other records are available at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick: Electrical Trades Union (GB 0152 MSS.387/ETU), 1920-1992 - including minutes of Executive Council, circulars, membership records, branch records, court cases involving the ETU, and papers relating to Sir Leslie Cannon. Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunication and Plumbing Union (GB 0152 MSS.387) Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union (GB 0152 MSS.259/AEEU)

Held by
Working Class Movement Library
Language
English
Creator(s)
Electrical Trades Union
Physical description
337 volumes, 24 items and 1 box
Access conditions

Open for consultation.

Unpublished finding aids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

The Electrical Trades union was formed in 1889 from a conference between the Amalgamated Society of Telegraph and Telephone Construction Men and the Union of Electrical Operatives. In 1968 it merged with the Plumbing Trades Union to form the Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunication and Plumbing Union. Source: Arthur Marsh and Victoria Ryan, Historical Directory of Trade Unions Volume 2, Gower Publishing Company Limited (Aldershot, Hants) 1984

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/f3aaebe5-59c5-4869-9314-f29e4d6f1918/

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Electrical Trades Union