Minutes, 1950-1958 (incomplete); regional minutes, 1976-1982 (incomplete); accounts, 1916-1949; local conference proceedings, 1937-1982; correspondence and subject files, 1947-83; Rugby branch minutes, 1918-36; Coventry Staff District Committee minutes, 1957-78 (incomplete); minutes of the Coventry District Committee of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, 1943-1981 (incomplete); papers of Dennis Adler, district organiser, 1950-1986.
Transport and General Workers' Union. Coventry District
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- ReferenceGB 152 TGC
- Dates of Creation1916-1986
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description102 boxes
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The Coventry District developed from the organisation set up by the Workers' Union, which amalgamated with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1929. At the end of 1915 the Workers' Union formalised its organisation by the creation of divisions within which there were a number of districts. Coventry became a district within the Midlands Division organised by G Beard. It later became the Coventry District of the TGWU Midlands Region.
Reference: Richard Hyman, The Workers' Union. Oxford, 1971.
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Accruals
Deposited between 1979 and 1990.