National Union of Gold, Silver and Allied Trades

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.

NUGSAT
Full nameNational Union of Gold, Silver and Allied Trades
Founded1910
Date dissolved1981
Merged intoTechnical, Administrative and Supervisory Section
Members2308 (1979)
JournalNewssheet
AffiliationTUC, Labour[1]
Office locationKean Chambers, Mappin Street, Sheffield[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom, Ireland

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 was absorbed into the Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section.[2]

General Secretaries

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

See also

References

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