Furniture, Timber and Allied Trades Union

Annual reports, 1971-3; bulletins, 1972-80; rules and working agreements.

The union was formed in 1971 by the amalgamation of the National Union of Furniture Trade Operatives and the Amalgamated Society of Woodcutting Machinists. In 1994 it merged with the General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trades Union.

Reference: H. Reid The furniture makers, a history of trade unionism in the furniture trade, 1865-1972. Oxford, 1986.

This collection is available to researchers by appointment at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. See http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/using/

Link to full catalogue: http://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/FTT

These records were deposited by the General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trades Union.