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References
- ↑ Eaton, Jack; Gill, Colin (1981). The Trade Union Directory. London: Pluto Press. p. 181. ISBN 0861043502.
- 1 2 3 Arthur Marsh, Victoria Ryan and John B. Smethurst, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, vol.4, p.249
- ↑ Annual Report of the 1968 Trades Union Congress, p.141
- ↑ Roger Undy, Managing the Unions, pp.298-300