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United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

, affiliation = TUC,

Labour Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour ...

{{cite book, last1=Eaton, first1=Jack, last2=Gill, first2=Colin, title=The Trade Union Directory, date=1981, publisher=Pluto Press, location=London, isbn=0861043502, pages=137–138 , members = 2308 (1979) , full_name = National Union of Gold, Silver and Allied Trades , native_name = , image = , founded = 1910 , dissolved = 1981 , merged =

Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section The Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section (TASS) was a British trade union. History The union was founded in 1913 by 200 draughtsmen, as the Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen (AESD). It expanded rapidly, and ...

, headquarters = Kean Chambers, Mappin Street,

Sheffield Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is Historic counties o ...

, key_people = , publication =''Newssheet'' , footnotes = The National Union of Gold, Silver and Allied Trades (NUGSAT) was a

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...

Britain Britain most often refers to: * The United Kingdom, a sovereign state in Europe comprising the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands * Great Britain, the largest island in the United King ...

and

. It represented workers in precious metals, jewellers, diamond polishers, electroplaters, watch and clock repairers and dental technicians. The union was founded in

in 1910 as the Amalgamated Society of Gold, Silver and Kindred Trades, merging several local societies both in Sheffield and

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

. In 1914, it merged with the

Birmingham Silversmiths and Electroplate Operatives Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West M ...

union, assuming its final name.Arthur Ivor Marsh, ''Trade Union Handbook'', p.191 Membership remained low for many years - just over 200 in 1920, and fewer than 100 in 1930. It merged with the

Society of Goldsmiths, Jewellers and Kindred Trades The Society of Goldsmiths, Jewellers and Kindred Trades was a trade union representing workers in the jewellery industry and related trades in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1893, as the London Society of Goldsmiths and Jewellers. It ...

in 1969, pushing membership up to 250. The union's Irish members transferred to the

Irish Transport and General Workers' Union The Irish Transport and General Workers Union (ITGWU), was a trade union representing workers, initially mainly labourers, in Ireland. History The union was founded by James Larkin in January 1909 as a general union. Initially drawing its memb ...

in 1976, but membership of the union generally increased; by 1979, it had risen to 2,308. In 1981, NUGSAT was absorbed into the

.John B. Smethurst and Alan Carter, ''Historical Directory of Trade Unions, Volume 6'', p.268

General Secretaries

:1911:

William Kean William Kean (17 March 1871 – 5 January 1954) was a British trade unionist. Born in Sheffield, Kean became a cutler working in silver and a trade unionist. By his early twenties he was secretary of the small Sheffield-based Spoon and Fork F ...

:1953: J. Edley :1962: J. W. Hodgkinson :1980s: Brian Bridge

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Defunct trade unions of the United Kingdom Defunct trade unions of Ireland Trade unions established in 1910 Trade unions disestablished in 1981 Metal trade unions 1910 establishments in the United Kingdom Trade unions based in South Yorkshire

General Secretaries

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