The Joint Committee of Light Metal Trades Unions (LMTU) was a trade union committee consisting of unions based in the United Kingdom with members involved in producing castings for industry and construction.
| Founded | 1911 |
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| Headquarters | Imperial Buildings, Rotherham[1] |
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The committee was established in 1911,[2] as the Joint Committee of the Light Castings Trade Unions, adopting its final name in about 1930.[3] It negotiated with the National Metal Trades Federation, which represented companies which produced castings.[4]
The committee was based in Rotherham, sharing its offices and general secretary with the National Union of Domestic Appliance and General Metal Workers.[1]
By the 1980s, the committee had the following members:[1]
- Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths and Structural Workers
- Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (Engineering, Foundry and TASS sections)
- Association of Patternmakers and Allied Craftsmen
- Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff
- National Union of Domestic Appliance and General Metal Workers
- National Union of Sheet Metal Workers, Coppersmiths and Heating and Domestic Engineers
- Transport and General Workers' Union (Vehicle Building Automotive Group)
References
edit- ^ a b c Marsh, Arthur (1984). Trade Union Handbook (3 ed.). Aldershot: Gower. p. 113. ISBN 0566024268.
- ^ Fyrth, H. J.; Collins, Henry (1959). The Foundry Workers: a trade union history. Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers. pp. 321–322.
- ^ Report on collective agreements between employers and workpeople in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Vol. 1. London: Ministry of Labour. 1934. p. 300.
- ^ Industrial Relations in Britain: An Industrial Relations Services Guide. Eclipse Publications Limited. 1988. p. 156.