The Steam Engine Makers Society was formed
Liverpool in 1824 and recruited skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled
workers. It refused to amalgamate to form the ASE in 1851 and
remained independent 1920 when after a ballot of its members it was
unions which joined together to form the AEU. of the founder
members of the Federation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades in
1891 when it had a of over 6,000. By the end of the First World War
membership had grown to more than 17,800.
United Kingdom Society of Amalgamated
Smiths & Strikers
Formed in 1886 the United Kingdom Society of Amalgamated Smiths
& Strikers was a founder member of the Federation of
Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades. By 1910 the union had 2,731
members in 69 branches and in 1918 was one of societies invited by
the ASE to discuss amalgamation proposals with a view to forming
one big engineering union. With a membership of over 14,000 it was
the ten unions which formed the AEU in 1920
Amalgamated Society of General
Toolmakers, Engineers and Machinists
The Amalgamated Society of General Toolmakers, Engineers and
Machinists began its life in 1882. In 1910 it had 51 branches and
by 1915 had a membership of over 21,400. Another founder member of
the Federation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades the union
eventually merged with others to create the AEU in 1920.
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