Joint Committee of Light Metal Trades Unions

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Joint Committee of Light Metal Trades Unions
Founded1911
Office locationImperial Buildings, Rotherham [1]
Country United Kingdom

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.

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Marsh, Arthur (1984). Trade Union Handbook (3 ed.). Aldershot: Gower. p. 113. ISBN   0566024268.
  2. Fyrth, H. J.; Collins, Henry (1959). The Foundry Workers: a trade union history. Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers. pp. 321–322.
  3. Report on collective agreements between employers and workpeople in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 1. London: Ministry of Labour. 1934. p. 300.
  4. Industrial Relations in Britain: An Industrial Relations Services Guide. Eclipse Publications Limited. 1988. p. 156.