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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 Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

, affiliation = TUC, 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 in South Yorkshire, England, situated south of Leeds and east of Manchester. The city is the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and some of its so ...

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

trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

Britain Britain most often refers to: * Great Britain, a large island comprising the countries of England, Scotland and Wales * The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, a sovereign state in Europe comprising Great Britain and the north-eas ...

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 is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...

. In 1914, it merged with the Birmingham Silversmiths and Electroplate Operatives 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 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 and James Fearon in January 1909 as a general union. Initially ...

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 :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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