Sheffield Amalgamated Union of File Trades explained

Sheffield Amalgamated Union of File Trades
Location Country:United Kingdom
Founded:1915
Dissolved:1970
Merged:Transport and General Workers' Union

The Sheffield Amalgamated Union of File Trades was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1915 by the merger of the Machine File Forgers' Union and the Machine File Cutters' Union. In 1917, it merged with the hand-file forgers and file hardeners unions. From 1918, it admitted all workers in the file trade who were not eligible to join other unions.[1] It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1970.

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Notes and References

  1. Sidney Pollard, A History of Labour in Sheffield