Amalgamated Association of Brassfounders, Turners, Fitters, Finishers and Coppersmiths

Executive Committee Minutes, 1918-20.

The Amalgamated Association of Brassfounders, Turners, Fitters, Finishers and Coppersmiths was formed in 1912 by the merger of ten local societies: the Aberdeen Operative Brassfounders' and Coppersmiths' Association; the Belfast Brassfounders' Association; the Bury and District Brass Founders' and Finishers' Society; the Derby, Burton and Coventry Brass Founders', Turners', Fitters', Electrical and General Brass Finishers' and Coppersmiths' Society; the Dundee Operative Brass Founders' and Finishers' Association; the Greenock, Port Glasgow and District Association of Brass Turners, Finishers and Fitters; the Glasgow and District Associated Brass Turners', Fitters' and Finishers' Society; the Manchester Brass Founders', Turners', Fitters' and Finishers' Association; the Nottingham United Brassfounders' and Finishers' Association; and the Oldham Brassfounders' Association. The association amalgamated with the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and eight other unions to form the Amalgamated Engineering Union in 1920.

Reference: J.B. Jeffreys, The Story of the Engineers ( London, 1945; repr. 1970).

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