The union was founded in 1898 as the Scottish Carters' Association.[2]Hugh Lyon was appointed as its organiser in 1901, and was elected as general secretary the following year,[3] at which point the union was heavily indebted and had only 300 members.[4] He spent his first five months supporting a strike in Falkirk; during this time, the central office closed down and the union nearly shut down, but the strike was so successful that the union's executive decided to retain Lyon.[3]
Lyon gained recognition for the union from Glasgow Town Council in 1904, and several strikes were won early in the 1910s, giving it membership across the nation, peaking at around 12,000 in 1912. In 1908, it was renamed as the Scottish Horse and Motormen's Association, in order to assist with the recruitment of drivers of motor vans. However, Lyon incorrectly believed that motor vehicles were a passing craze, and that the union should focus on recruiting carters. This led to a decline in membership during the 1920s and 1930s, worsened by Lyon's refusal to allow the union to join the Transport Workers' Federation, which led to a large number of demarcation disputes. Finally, in 1936, the union's executive lost patience and dismissed him.[3]
scottish, commercial, motormen, union, trade, union, united, kingdom, merged, with, transport, general, workers, union, 1971, merged, intotransport, general, workers, unionfounded1898dissolved1971headquarters308, albert, drive, glasgowlocationunited, kingdomme. The Scottish Commercial Motormen s Union was a trade union in the United Kingdom It merged with the Transport and General Workers Union in 1971 Scottish Commercial Motormen s UnionMerged intoTransport and General Workers UnionFounded1898Dissolved1971Headquarters308 Albert Drive GlasgowLocationUnited KingdomMembers12 000 1912 PublicationHighway 1 AffiliationsTUC STUC Labour Contents 1 History 2 Election results 3 General Secretaries 4 References 5 See alsoHistory editThe union was founded in 1898 as the Scottish Carters Association 2 Hugh Lyon was appointed as its organiser in 1901 and was elected as general secretary the following year 3 at which point the union was heavily indebted and had only 300 members 4 He spent his first five months supporting a strike in Falkirk during this time the central office closed down and the union nearly shut down but the strike was so successful that the union s executive decided to retain Lyon 3 Lyon gained recognition for the union from Glasgow Town Council in 1904 and several strikes were won early in the 1910s giving it membership across the nation peaking at around 12 000 in 1912 In 1908 it was renamed as the Scottish Horse and Motormen s Association in order to assist with the recruitment of drivers of motor vans However Lyon incorrectly believed that motor vehicles were a passing craze and that the union should focus on recruiting carters This led to a decline in membership during the 1920s and 1930s worsened by Lyon s refusal to allow the union to join the Transport Workers Federation which led to a large number of demarcation disputes Finally in 1936 the union s executive lost patience and dismissed him 3 Election results editThe union sponsored a Labour Party candidate in the 1970 general election 5 Constituency Candidate Votes Percentage PositionMoray and Nairn Peter Talbot 6 452 22 8 3General Secretaries edit1898 John Sampson 1902 Hugh Lyon 1936 Robert Taylor 1944 John Brannigan 1959 Alex KitsonReferences edit Eaton Jack Gill Colin 1981 The Trade Union Directory London Pluto Press p 54 ISBN 0861043502 John B Smethurst and Peter Carter Historical directory of trade unions Vol 6 p 180 a b c Knox William 1984 Scottish Labour Leaders 1918 1939 Edinburgh Mainstream Publishing Company pp 164 168 ISBN 0906391407 Obituary Mr Hugh Lyon Glasgow Herald 20 June 1940 p 3 Labour Party Report of the Sixty Ninth Annual Conference of the Labour Party pp 289 312See also editList of trade unions Transport and General Workers Union TGWU amalgamations nbsp This article related to a United Kingdom trade union is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Scottish Commercial Motormen 27s Union amp oldid 1084215658, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
