Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths and Structural Workers

Series 1 - Annual, monthly and financial reports, 1872-1985

Series 2 - Minutes of the Executive Council and General Council meetings, 1880-1985

Series 3 - Conference reports, 1952-1982

Series 4 - Rule books, 1839-1977

Series 5 - Members' list, 1865-1973

Series 6 - Agreements, membership cards, trade reports, shop steward's manual and notice of amalgamation with the GMB.

Series 7 - Branch records including Belfast, Barrow, Birmingham, Bristol, Clyde, Dundee, East Cowes, Ellesmere Port, Jarrow no. 1, Grimsby and the Humber district, Leeds, London, Lytham, Manchester, Mersey, Nottingham and Derby, Portsmouth, Southampton, Southwick, Tees, Tyne and Wear and Yorkshire branches.

Series 8 - Minute books, letter books and other papers of the South Wales district

Series 9 - Laminated and Coil Spring Workers' Union papers

The Society of Friendly Boilermakers was formed in 1834. In 1845 it changed its name to the United Friendly Boilermakers' Society. In 1852 it merged with two other unions to become the United Society of Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders. In 1952 it changed its name to the United Society of Boilermakers, Shipbuilders and Structural Workers. In 1963 the union amalgamated with the Associated Blacksmiths, Forge and Smithy Workers' Society and Ship Constructors' and Shipwrights' Association to become the Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Blacksmiths, Shipbuilders and Structural Workers. It amalgamated with the General and Municipal Workers` Union in 1982 to become the General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trades Union, which later became the GMB.

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These records were catalogued by Kate Hart, Dec 2008, as part of 'The past meets the present', HLF project. Description compiled by Kate Hart, Mar 2010 and updated by Jane Taylor, May 2020.

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Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths and Structural Workers (MSS.192/BM)