Collection

Records including: rule books and related records, 1924-1981; executive council minutes, 1924-1984; executive council reports, 1975-1981; conference minutes, reports, etc, 1939-1983; agreements concerning rates and conditions, with related papers, 1938-1979; members registration books, 1918-1927; 'Quarterly Journal'/'Journal'/'Construction Worker', 1925-1984.

13 boxes (2 [MSS.259], 11 [MSS.273])

The Constructional Engineering Union was formed in 1924. The British Iron, Steel and Kindred Trades Association (BISAKTA), the central association of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC), agreed to allow members who worked in engineering construction to leave the Association to form the Constructional Engineering Union. The union represented various engineering construction workers, including steel erectors, riggers, crane drivers, scaffolders, fitters and welders. In April 1970, it became the Construction Section of the newly formed Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (AUEW). Finally, a full merger was achieved in 1986 when the union became the Amalgamated Engineering Union. Reference: Arthur Marsh and Victoria Ryan, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, Volume 3 (1987).

This collection has been weeded for duplicates.

There is a thirty year closure on all unpublished material, and a seventy-five year closure on personal papers.

Open

The Cente also holds records of: the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC), the British Iron, Steel and Kindred Trades Association (BISAKTA) and predecessors; the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers; the Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section (TASS), earlier the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section) and predecessors

The papers in this collection are in good condition.

English