IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1924 Shop Workers
Held at: Trades Union Congress (TUC) Library Collections at London Metropolitan University
Title: National Federation of Shop Workers and Clerks
Date(s): 1896, 1906-1914
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume
Name of creator(s): National Federation of Shop Workers and Clerks
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The National Federation of Shop Workers and Clerks was formed in 1907, as an amalgamation of the Amalgamated Union of Cooperative Employees, the National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks, and the National Union of Clerks. It was formed with the principal aims of promoting fraternisation, acting as a united group at the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and supporting the policies affecting each section. The Federation was wound up in May 1914. During its lifetime the National Federation did little beyond discussing various schemes of amalgamation, but it did achieve some understanding of the need for clerical worker unions to work together for an objective.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Minute book of the National Federation of Shop Workers and Clerks from inaugural meeting in July 1907 to winding up in May 1914. Volume also contains correspondence on the possible merger of unions; the minutes of a preliminary meeting, 1906; the rules of the Federation, 1907, and copies of letters from the TUC on finance and arrangements for Congress, 1896.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Single volume
Conditions governing access:
Open to bona fide researchers at the discretion of the TUC Librarian.
Conditions governing reproduction:
At the discretion of the TUC Librarian and subject to copyright conditions.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Detailed list available in the TUC Library.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
The volume was sent to the TUC in May 1914.
Immediate source of acquisition:
The papers were transferred to the TUC Library Collections in the University of North London by the TUC in January 1998.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Sources: Historical Directory of Trade Unions, volume 1 Non-Manual Unions, by Arthur Marsh and Victoria Ryan (1980).
Date(s) of descriptions: Mar 2002