Society of Goldsmiths, Jewellers and Kindred Trades
The Society of Goldsmiths, Jewellers and Kindred Trades was a trade union representing workers in the jewellery industry and related trades in the United Kingdom.
The union was founded in 1893, as the London Society of Goldsmiths and Jewellers. It affiliated to the Trades Union Congress and to the Universal Alliance of Diamond Workers. In the 1920s, it adopted its final name, and by 1950, it had 1,932 members. In 1969, it merged into the National Union of Gold, Silver and Allied Trades.[1][2][3][4]
General Secretaries[edit]
- S. Lowen
- 1926: Arthur J. Raxworthy
- 1951: John C. West
References[edit]
- ^ Marsh, Arthur; Ryan, Victoria (1984). Historical Directory of Trade Unions. Vol. 2. Aldershot: Gower. p. 159. ISBN 0566021617.
- ^ Smethurst, John B.; Carter, Peter (June 2009). Historical Directory of Trade Unions. Vol. 6. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing. p. 267. ISBN 9780754666837.
- ^ Annual Report of the Trades Union Congress (1950), p.30
- ^ Goldberg, Arthur (1960). Directory of International Trade Union Organizations. Washington DC: United States Department of Labour. pp. 3.1–3.7.