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- ↑ Eaton, Jack; Gill, Colin (1981). The Trade Union Directory. London: Pluto Press. pp. 47–48. ISBN 0861043502.
- 1 2 Arthur Marsh and Victoria Ryan, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, vol.3, pp.203-204