The association was founded in 1872 to represent skilled patternmakers in England,[3] following a strike by patternmakers along the River Tyne and River Wear for a nine-hour day.[4] Originally based in London, it transferred its headquarters to Manchester in 1896, to Leeds in 1903, then to Eccles in 1908, returning to London in 1912.[5]
The Associated Patternmakers of Scotland union merged into the UPA in 1912.[5] In 1918, the union balloted its members on joining the new Amalgamated Engineering Union, but this was not approved.[6]
During the 1930s, George Buchanan was the union's president, and the union focussed considerable attention on anti-fascist activity. It was initially sympathetic to the Independent Labour Party's split from the Labour Party, although by 1935 Buchanan's union backing was withdrawn.[7] It retained a strong craft unionist approach, and resisted the prevailing trend of admitting workers in allied trades.[8]
The union sponsored candidates in numerous Parliamentary elections between 1909 and 1974, most of whom were elected. Almost all ran as Labour Party candidates, the exception being Buchanan in 1931 who was refused Labour Party endorsement, and instead stood for the Independent Labour Party. He ran for that party again in 1935, on this occasion without official backing from the union, although it did set up a voluntary fund for his support, to which members could choose to donate. By 1945, he had returned to the Labour Party.[9]
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The United Patternmakers Association UPA was a trade union in the United Kingdom United Patternmakers AssociationMerged intoAmalgamated Union of Engineering Workers Technical Administrative and Supervisory SectionFounded1872Dissolved1984Headquarters15 Cleve Road West HampsteadLocationUnited KingdomMembers6 842 1907 1 9 571 1980 2 Key peopleGeorge BuchananPublicationPatternmakerAffiliationsTUC CSEU LMTU Labour Contents 1 History 2 Election results 3 Officials 3 1 General Secretaries 3 2 Presidents 4 References 5 External linksHistory EditThe association was founded in 1872 to represent skilled patternmakers in England 3 following a strike by patternmakers along the River Tyne and River Wear for a nine hour day 4 Originally based in London it transferred its headquarters to Manchester in 1896 to Leeds in 1903 then to Eccles in 1908 returning to London in 1912 5 The Associated Patternmakers of Scotland union merged into the UPA in 1912 5 In 1918 the union balloted its members on joining the new Amalgamated Engineering Union but this was not approved 6 During the 1930s George Buchanan was the union s president and the union focussed considerable attention on anti fascist activity It was initially sympathetic to the Independent Labour Party s split from the Labour Party although by 1935 Buchanan s union backing was withdrawn 7 It retained a strong craft unionist approach and resisted the prevailing trend of admitting workers in allied trades 8 In 1969 the union renamed itself the Association of Patternmakers and Allied Craftsmen 4 By 1979 its membership stood just under 10 000 mostly in the English Midlands Only three members were women 3 In 1984 it merged into the Technical Administrative and Supervisory Section 5 Election results EditThe union sponsored candidates in numerous Parliamentary elections between 1909 and 1974 most of whom were elected Almost all ran as Labour Party candidates the exception being Buchanan in 1931 who was refused Labour Party endorsement and instead stood for the Independent Labour Party He ran for that party again in 1935 on this occasion without official backing from the union although it did set up a voluntary fund for his support to which members could choose to donate By 1945 he had returned to the Labour Party 9 Election Constituency Candidate Votes Percentage Position1909 by election Sheffield Attercliffe Joseph Pointer 3 531 27 5 11910 Jan general election Sheffield Attercliffe Joseph Pointer 7 755 56 1 11910 Dec general election Sheffield Attercliffe Joseph Pointer 6 532 55 0 11922 general election Glasgow Gorbals George Buchanan 16 478 54 5 11923 general election Glasgow Gorbals George Buchanan 17 211 67 2 11924 general election Glasgow Gorbals George Buchanan 19 480 65 9 11929 general election Glasgow Gorbals George Buchanan 25 134 74 8 11931 general election Glasgow Gorbals George Buchanan 19 278 58 1 1Stoke Ellis Smith 13 264 30 3 21935 general election Stoke Ellis Smith 20 992 52 7 11945 general election Glasgow Gorbals George Buchanan 21 073 80 0 1Stoke Ellis Smith 29 551 69 1 11950 general election Stoke on Trent South Ellis Smith 34 339 64 5 11951 general election Stoke on Trent South Ellis Smith 35 261 65 8 11955 general election Stoke on Trent South Ellis Smith 31 003 63 6 11959 general election Stoke on Trent South Ellis Smith 29 578 59 3 11964 general election Stoke on Trent South Ellis Smith 28 928 60 6 11974 Feb general election Stretford Kenneth Anthony 19 641 35 2 2Officials EditGeneral Secretaries Edit 1872 R C Douglas 10 1872 R Reay 10 1884 William Mosses 10 1917 Alan Findlay 10 1941 Wilfred Beard 1967 Samuel McLaren 1969 Gerry EastwoodPresidents Edit 1872 N Charlton 10 1876 C Mothersdale 10 1880 S T Taylor 10 1884 R Brown 10 1884 T Souter 10 1885 John Livingston 10 1888 George E Wilson 10 1891 Thomas Goodall 10 1892 Joseph W Field 10 1893 Joseph Taylor 10 1894 William Williams 10 1895 Fred W Kent 10 1896 John Mills 10 1897 Ed Appleby 10 1899 J M Whittaker 10 1900 Thomas Battison 10 1901 J M Whittaker 10 1902 A Mackenzie 10 1903 Arthur Pearson 10 1909 John Mills 10 1913 Albert E Wardale 11 1932 George Buchanan 1946 Ellis Smith 1966 Victor MacDonald 1977 References Edit Report on Trade Unions in 1905 1907 London Board of Trade 1909 pp 82 101 Eaton Jack Gill Colin 1981 The Trade Union Directory London Pluto Press pp 101 102 ISBN 0861043502 a b Arthur Ivor Marsh Trade Union Handbook p 260 a b Arthur Ivor Marsh Concise Encyclopedia of Industrial Relations p 224 a b c John B Smethurst and Alan Carter Historical Directory of Trade Unions Volume 6 pp 204 205 Jefferys James B 1970 The Story of the Engineers Edinburgh Reprints in Social and Economic History p 193 Matthew Worley Labour s Grass Roots p 61 Hugh Armstrong Clegg Trade Union Officers p 16 Parker James 2017 Trade unions and the political culture of the Labour Party 1931 1940 PDF Exeter University of Exeter p 125 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Mosses William 1922 The History of the United Pattern Makers Association London United Patternmakers Association United Patternmakers Association Obituary Annual Report 1963 External links EditCatalogue of the UPA archives held at the Modern Records Centre University of Warwick Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title United Patternmakers 27 Association amp oldid 1024710196, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
