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Joint Committee of Light Metal Trades Unions

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Joint Committee of Light Metal Trades Unions
Founded1911
HeadquartersImperial Buildings, Rotherham[1]
Location

The Joint Committee of Light Metal Trades Unions (LMTU) was a trade union committee consisting of unions based in the United Kingdom with members involved in producing castings for industry and construction.

The committee was established in 1911,[2] as the Joint Committee of the Light Castings Trade Unions, adopting its final name in about 1930.[3] It negotiated with the National Metal Trades Federation, which represented companies which produced castings.[4]

The committee was based in Rotherham, sharing its offices and general secretary with the National Union of Domestic Appliance and General Metal Workers.[1]

By the 1980s, the committee had the following members:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Marsh, Arthur (1984). Trade Union Handbook (3 ed.). Aldershot: Gower. p. 113. ISBN 0566024268.
  2. ^ Fyrth, H. J.; Collins, Henry (1959). The Foundry Workers: a trade union history. Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers. pp. 321–322.
  3. ^ Report on collective agreements between employers and workpeople in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Vol. 1. London: Ministry of Labour. 1934. p. 300.
  4. ^ Industrial Relations in Britain: An Industrial Relations Services Guide. Eclipse Publications Limited. 1988. p. 156.