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The Shipconstructors' and Shipwrights' Association (SSA) 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 ( ...
representing shipbuilders in the
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History

The union was founded in 1882 as the Associated Society of Shipwrights, by eleven local unions in Scotland and North East England. Seven further unions in Scotland and North West England quickly joined the new association. The union changed its name to the Associated Shipwrights' Society, and gradually other unions around the UK affiliated.Shipconstructors and Shipwrights Association
Working Class Movement Library In 1908, the union merged with the Ship Constructive Association and the Amalgamated Society of Drillers and Hole Cutters, and renamed itself as the Ship Constructive and Shipwrights' Association, later changing this to the "Shipconstructors' and Shipwrights' Association". At the beginning of 1963, it merged with the
United Society of Boilermakers, Shipbuilders and Structural Workers The Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths and Structural Workers (ASB) was a trade union in the United Kingdom. Many of its members worked in shipbuilding, in which industry it was the leading trade union, while over tim ...
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Election results

The union sponsored Labour Party candidates in several Parliamentary elections.


General Secretaries

:1882:
Alexander Wilkie Alexander Wilkie CH (30 September 1850 – 2 September 1928) was a Labour Party politician in Scotland, best known for his service as a Member of Parliament for Dundee. Along with the Dundonian George Nicoll Barnes, Wilkie was one of the firs ...
:1928: Frank Purdy (acting) :1929: William Westwood :1945:
John Willcocks John Willcocks (1882 – 12 May 1948) was a British trade union leader. Willcocks worked in shipbuilding from an early age, and joined the Associated Shipwrights' Society. He slowly rose to prominence, and became known for his skills in nego ...
:1948:
Sydney Ombler Sydney Ombler OBE (1892 – 5 November 1984) was a British trade unionist. Born in Kingston upon Hull, Ombler became a shipwright. He served with the Royal Engineers during World War I, then after the war returned to Hull and joined the Ship Co ...
:1958: Arthur Williams


References


Further reading

* Dougan, David ''The shipwrights: a history of the Shipconstructors' and Shipwrights' Association, 1882–1963''. Newcastle upon Tyne: Graham, 1975. .


External links


Catalogue of the Association archives
held at the
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick The Modern Records Centre (MRC) is the specialist archive service of the University of Warwick in Coventry, England, located adjacent to the Central Campus Library. It was established in October 1973 and holds the world's largest archive collecti ...
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