The National Union of Vehicle Builders (NUVB) was a
trade union in the
United Kingdom. The NUVB represented a mixture of skilled and unskilled workers in the
automotive industry.
History
The union was formed in 1834 as the United Kingdom Society of Coachmakers, adopting the name National Union of Vehicle Builders in 1919.
In 1920, the London and Provincial Coachmakers, the Operative Coachmakers' Federal Union, and the Coachmen and Vicesmiths' Trade Society joined the union, while the
Amalgamated Wheelwrights, Smiths and Kindred Trades Union The Amalgamated Wheelwrights, Smiths and Kindred Trades Union was a trade union representing workers involved in vehicle building in the United Kingdom.
The union was founded in 1908, when the Cardiff-based Amalgamated Wheelwrights' and Carriage Ma ...
joined in 1923.
In 1934, the union had 20,439 members, divided into 150 branches.
The union's increase in dues, was the basis for the 1950 court case ''
Edwards v Halliwell
''Edwards v Halliwell'' 9502 All ER 1064 is a UK labour law and UK company law case about the internal organisation of a trade union, or a company, and litigation by members to make an executive follow the organisation's internal rules.
Facts
So ...
''. It merged with the
Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU) in 1972, forming a new automotive trade group within the TGWU.
Election results
The union sponsored
Labour Party candidates in several Parliamentary elections.
General Secretaries
:1900s: W. J. Clouter
:1914: James Nicholson
:1935: Harry Halliwell
:1953: F. S. Winchester
:1962:
Alf Roberts
:1968: Gabrielis Gallus
:1971: Granville Hawley (acting)
See also
*
Transport and General Workers' Union
*
TGWU amalgamations
References
External links
Catalogue of the NUVB 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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Defunct trade unions of the United Kingdom
Vehicle industry trade unions
Automotive industry in the United Kingdom
Trade unions established in the 1830s
Trade unions disestablished in 1972
Transport and General Workers' Union amalgamations
Trade unions based in Greater Manchester