Vehicle Builders
Amalgamated Society of Vehicle Builders,
Wheelwrights, Carpenters & Mechanics
Established in 1873 the Amalgamated Society
of Vehicle Builders, Wheelwrights, Carpenters & Mechanics had
its Head Office in Wigan. The union catered for workers producing
and repairing railway wagons and absorbed a similar smaller union
in 1920. When it merged with the AEU in 1945 to form the Vehicle
Building Section of the union it had a total membership of
5,783.
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