GB 231 MS 2680 donated to the University in August 1976, by A. Shepherd, Fishing Liaison Officer, Transport and General Workers' Union Scottish Region, Aberdeen.
GB 231 MS 2880 deposited ca 1973.
Records of the Scottish Sea Fishers' Union
This material is held atUniversity of Aberdeen Collections
- Reference
- GB 231 MS 2680 and GB 231 MS 2880
- Dates of Creation
- 1899 - 1957
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English.
- Physical Description
- 1 volume and 1 large file of printed and manuscript papers (0.125 linear metres)
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The Union was founded in December 1899 as the Aberdeen Steam Fishing Vessels' Enginemen's and Firemen's Union. In 1905, a new branch was formed in Leith, and the union's name changed to the Scottish Steam Fishing Vessels' Enginemen's and Firemen's Union. By 1910 it had 425 members in 3 branches. In 1923, membership was extended to deckmen on fishing vessels, and from 1924 it was known as the Scottish Sea Fishers' Union. It became affiliated to the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1928, and merged in 1937. It is now known as the Sea Fishers Branch of the Transport and General Workers' Union.
Further information about the development of the trade union movement and the history of individual trade unions in Aberdeen can be found in William Diack, History of the Trades Council and the Trade Union Movement in Aberdeen (Aberdeen: Aberdeen Trades Council, 1939), and in Kenneth D. Buckley, Trade Unionism in Aberdeen 1870 - 1900 (Edinburgh and London: Oliver and Boyd, 1955). Arthur Marsh and Victoria Ryan, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, 4 vols (Aldershot: Gower, 1980 - 1984) also contains useful information about the development of individual unions, at both the national and local level. Summarised details from each of these sources has been used in compiling this collection level description.
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Acquisition Information
GB 231 MS 2680 donated to the University in August 1976, by A. Shepherd, Fishing Liaison Officer, Transport and General Workers' Union Scottish Region, Aberdeen.
GB 231 MS 2880 deposited ca 1973.
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