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The union was founded in 1865, when the Manchester Plumbers' Society and the Liverpool Plumbers' Society merged with small organisations from Scotland, Ireland, the English Midlands and other areas of northern England to form the United Operative Plumbers' Association of Great Britain and Ireland (UOPA). By the following year, the union had 1,500 members, and it soon expanded to also cover southern England.[3]
Many of the union's Scottish members left in 1872 to form the rival United Operative Plumbers' Association of Scotland, with the remainder transferring gradually, leaving the union with no Scottish members after 1891. Despite this, overall membership continued to grow, reaching 10,000 in 1900. In 1911, the union was renamed as the United Operative Plumbers and Domestic Engineers Association of Great Britain and Ireland (UOPA), financial difficulties leading a move away from craft unionism and to accept workers in relate trades.[3]
^Report on Trade Unions in 1905-1907. London: Board of Trade. 1909. pp. 82–101.
^"Names and addresses of secretaries and of delegates appointed to attend the Brighton Congress, 1967". Annual Report of the Trades Union Congress: 37. 1967.
^ abcArthur Marsh and Victoria Ryan, Historical Directory of British Trade Unions, vol.3, p.75
^ abcdefgTrade Union Ancestors, "Friendly Society of Operative Stonemasons 2016-10-06 at the Wayback Machine"
plumbing, trades, union, this, article, lead, section, short, adequately, summarize, points, please, consider, expanding, lead, provide, accessible, overview, important, aspects, article, july, 2023, australian, union, plumbing, trades, employees, union, trade. This article s lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article July 2023 For the Australian union see Plumbing Trades Employees Union The Plumbing Trades Union PTU was a trade union representing plumbers in Britain and Ireland Plumbing Trades UnionMerged intoEETPUDissolvedJuly 1968Headquarters15 Abbeville Road Clapham LondonLocationUnited KingdomMembers11 475 1907 1 55 612 1967 2 AffiliationsTUC ITUC CSEU NFBTOCertificate creating the Bath branch of the union on 19 May 1900 Contents 1 History 2 General Secretaries 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditThe union was founded in 1865 when the Manchester Plumbers Society and the Liverpool Plumbers Society merged with small organisations from Scotland Ireland the English Midlands and other areas of northern England to form the United Operative Plumbers Association of Great Britain and Ireland UOPA By the following year the union had 1 500 members and it soon expanded to also cover southern England 3 Many of the union s Scottish members left in 1872 to form the rival United Operative Plumbers Association of Scotland with the remainder transferring gradually leaving the union with no Scottish members after 1891 Despite this overall membership continued to grow reaching 10 000 in 1900 In 1911 the union was renamed as the United Operative Plumbers and Domestic Engineers Association of Great Britain and Ireland UOPA financial difficulties leading a move away from craft unionism and to accept workers in relate trades 3 In 1921 the Scottish union rejoined the national body which in 1931 became the Plumbers Glaziers and Domestic Engineers Union and adopted its final name in 1946 In 1968 it merged with the Electrical Trades Union to form the Electrical Electronic Telecommunications and Plumbing Union 3 General Secretaries Edit1866 J H Dobb 4 1868 George May 4 1873 William Barnett 4 1879 George Cherry 4 1902 E E Burns 4 1910 J H Edmiston 4 1919 Lachlan MacDonald 4 1929 John W Stephenson 1950 Hugh Kelly 1968 Charles LovellReferences Edit Report on Trade Unions in 1905 1907 London Board of Trade 1909 pp 82 101 Names and addresses of secretaries and of delegates appointed to attend the Brighton Congress 1967 Annual Report of the Trades Union Congress 37 1967 a b c Arthur Marsh and Victoria Ryan Historical Directory of British Trade Unions vol 3 p 75 a b c d e f g Trade Union Ancestors Friendly Society of Operative Stonemasons Archived 2016 10 06 at the Wayback Machine External links EditCatalogue Of The PTU Archives held at the Modern Records Centre University of Warwick Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Plumbing Trades Union amp oldid 1166729342, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
