National Union of Gold, Silver and Allied Trades

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NUGSAT
Full nameNational Union of Gold, Silver and Allied Trades
Founded1910
Date dissolved1981
Merged into Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section
Members2308 (1979)
JournalNewssheet
Affiliation TUC, Labour [1]
Office locationKean Chambers, Mappin Street, Sheffield [1]
Country United Kingdom, Ireland

The National Union of Gold, Silver and Allied Trades (NUGSAT) was a trade union in Britain and Ireland. It represented workers in precious metals, jewellers, diamond polishers, electroplaters, watch and clock repairers and dental technicians.

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The union was founded in Sheffield in 1910 as the Amalgamated Society of Gold, Silver and Kindred Trades, [2] merging several local societies both in Sheffield and Dublin. In 1914, it merged with the Birmingham Silversmiths and Electroplate Operatives union, assuming its final name. [3]

Membership remained low for many years - just over 200 in 1920, and fewer than 100 in 1930. It merged with the Society of Goldsmiths, Jewellers and Kindred Trades in 1969, pushing membership up to 250. [2] The union's Irish members transferred to the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union in 1976, [1] but membership of the union generally increased; by 1979, it had risen to 2,308. [3] In 1981, NUGSAT into with the Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section. [2]

General Secretaries

1911: William Kean
1953: J. Edley
1962: J. W. Hodgkinson
1980s: Brian Bridge

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Eaton, Jack; Gill, Colin (1981). The Trade Union Directory. London: Pluto Press. pp. 137–138. ISBN   0861043502.
  2. 1 2 3 John B. Smethurst and Alan Carter, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, Volume 6, p.268
  3. 1 2 Arthur Ivor Marsh, Trade Union Handbook, p.191
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