The General Iron Fitters' Association 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 ...

representing stove dressers in Scotland, particularly in the

Falkirk Falkirk ( ; ; ) is a town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a resident population of 32,422 at the ...

area. The union was founded in 1892, when it was named the Associated Society of Range, Stove and Ornamental Workers. Initially very small, with only 110 members, it grew to nearly 1,000 members by 1910, when it was renamed as the "General Iron Fitters' Association". It was based in Falkirk, but did recruit members in other areas of Scotland, principally

Glasgow Glasgow is the Cities of Scotland, most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in Strathclyde, west central Scotland. It is the List of cities in the United Kingdom, third-most-populous city in the United Kingdom ...

.{{cite book , last1=Marsh , first1=Arthur , last2=Ryan , first2=Victoria , title=Historical Directory of Trade Unions , volume=2 , date=1984 , publisher=Gower Publishing , location=Aldershot , isbn=0566021617 , page
58–59
, url=https://archive.org/details/historicaldirect0004mars/page/58 In 1965, the union renamed itself as the Scottish Metal Workers' Union, in the hope of attracting a wider membership, but this did not succeed, and instead in 1968 it merged into the

General and Municipal Workers' Union The GMB is a general trade union in the United Kingdom which has more than 560,000 members. Its members work in nearly all industrial sectors, in retail, security, schools, distribution, the utilities, social care, the National Health Service (N ...

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Trade unions established in 1892 Trade unions disestablished in 1968 Defunct trade unions of Scotland