A Catalogue of the Papers of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering UnionsTABLE OF CONTENTS |
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A Catalogue of the Papers of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering UnionsThese papers were catalogued as part of the Pay and Power Project. The Pay and Power Project is supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Archive Organisations in the West Midlands Archive Forum.
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative/Biographical HistoryThe Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions was constituted formally in 1936 but had its origins in the Federation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades (1891). A large confederation of nearly two and a half million members by 1977, the Confederation acted as a conduit through which allied Unions and trades could find representation with the Government. The Confederation grew stronger when the Amalgamated Engineering Union affiliated along with the Transport and General Workers' Union; the General and Municipal Workers' Union; the Electrical Electronic Telecommunications and Plumbing Union; the Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths and Structural Workers. The CSEU was very successful in forming a working coalition with these Unions with very little friction. One of its achievements included the formal establishment of Joint Shop Stewards' Works Committees. Reference: Arthur Marsh and Victoria Ryan, Historical Directory of Trade Unions Volume 3 (Gower; 1984). Return to the Table of Contents System of ArrangementThe Modern Records Centre uses a classification scheme. For further details of the scheme, see http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/holdings/class/. It is compatible with ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description (2000). Return to the Table of Contents Immediate Source of AcquisitionThese papers form part of a large collection MSS.259 that has been deposited in the Modern Records Centre over a number of years. Most of the Records came from the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (Engineering Section). The first deposits were made in 1984 with further deposits made up to 1997. Return to the Table of Contents Appraisal, Destruction, SchedulingThis collection has been weeded for duplicates. Return to the Table of Contents Copyright/ReproductionThere are no restrictions on the use of this archive. Return to the Table of Contents Finding AidsA copy of this catalogue is available at the National Register of Archives in London and in Chadwyck-Healey's National Inventory of Documentary Sources. Authority files exist for the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions (GBR 0152 AAR1376); the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union (GBR 0152 AAR510) and its direct predecessors: the Amalgamated Engineering Union (1986-1992) (GBR 0152 AAR511); the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (GBR 0152 AAR152); the Amalgamated Union of Engineering and Foundry Workers (GBR 0152 AAR519); the Amalgamated Engineering Union (1920-1967) (GBR 0152 AAR520) and the Amalgamated Society of Engineers (GBR 0152 AAR550). Return to the Table of Contents Related Units of DescriptionThese papers constitute part of a large collection of related papers that have been deposited in the Modern Records Centre over a long period of time. For a full listing of these trade Unions see (MSS.259/UMB). Related papers include the Federation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades (MSS.101p); the Amalgamated Engineering Union (MSS.259AEU); the Transport and General Workers' Union (MSS.126/TG); the National Union of General and Municipal Workers (MSS.192/GM); the Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunication and Plumbing Union (MSS.387) and the Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers (MSS.192/BM); Return to the Table of Contents Index Headings
Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades
Shipbuilding industry -- Employees Labor unions -- Great Britain Return to the Table of Contents CatalogueMSS.259/CSEU/1 Minutes 1946 - 198412 BookletsReturn to the Table of Contents MSS.259/CSEU/4 Publications 19801 BookletReturn to the Table of Contents Return to the Table of Contents |