Scottish Painters' Society Explained

Scottish Painters' Society
Founded:	1898
Dissolved:	1963
Merged:	Amalgamated Society of Painters and Decorators
Members:	3,000 (1900) 12,112 (1962)^[1]
Publication:	Scottish Painters' Journal
Location Country:	Scotland
Affiliation:	TUC, Labour
Headquarters:	6 Fitzroy Place, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow

The Scottish Painters' Society was a trade union representing painters and decorators in Scotland.

The union was founded in 1898, as the Scottish National Federation of House and Ship Painters. By the end of the year, it had 1,227 members, and by 1900 this had risen to more than 3,000. Around this date, if became the Scottish Amalgamated Society of House and Ship Painters, then in 1903, it simplified its name, becoming the "Scottish Painters' Society".^{[2] [3]}

The union merged into the Amalgamated Society of Painters and Decorators in 1963.

General Secretaries

1899: Archibald Gardner

1924: Dugald McLean

1945: William Peat

1962: A. Black

References

1. Names and addresses of Secretaries and Delegates appointed . Annual Report of the Trades Union Congress . 1962 . 36.
2. Book: Marsh. Arthur. Ryan. Victoria. Historical Directory of Trade Unions. 3. 1987. Gower Publishing. Aldershot. 0566021625. 65.
3. Web site: Records of the Scottish Painters' Society (Aberdeen Branch) . Archives Hub . Jisc . 28 June 2018.