143:
had, for some years, been advocating for painters' unions to unite, and within a few days of the formation of the union, he was appointed as its second general secretary. Under his leadership, the union eclipsed the
Central House Painters, although that union continued with a small membership until
183:
The East London
Painters' Trade Union represented ship painters, and it organised a strike in 1900 in an attempt to bar Amalgamated Society members from their trade. In retaliation, the Amalgamated reached an agreement with the shipyards to bar members of the East London union, which by the end of
160:
The union charged high membership fees of 1 shilling per week, and also paid high benefits to members who found themselves out of work. However, it found that many of them, once re-employed, left the union. By 1868, it had only 420 members, and this fell further, with the union becoming largely
137:. It was formed by various local unions which were undertaking a strike for increased wages. They had previously worked together in the London Central House Painters' and Decorators' Trade Union, but that union had insufficient funds to support strikers.
188:
28:
156:
was also recruiting members in London, under the name of the London
Council of Painters. Shipton formed an alliance with the Manchester Alliance, the two working together as the "Amalgamated Society of House Decorators and Painters".
292:
297:
180:. Subscriptions and benefit payments were set at lower rates, and the union began a gradual growth, reaching 663 members in 1876, 1,067 in 1886, and 5,165 in 1900.
153:
307:
302:
312:
256:
125:
area of
England. The union repeatedly tried to expand across the country, but was ultimately unsuccessful in doing so.
105:
248:
242:
252:
55:
204:
140:
94:
286:
189:
National
Amalgamated Society of Operative House and Ship Painters and Decorators
169:
118:
29:
National
Amalgamated Society of Operative House and Ship Painters and Decorators
177:
276:. London: National Federation of Building Trade Operatives. p. 462.
173:
145:
149:
122:
144:
1904. Despite being based in London, it briefly formed branches in
184:
the year was defeated and forced to merge into the
Amalgamated.
135:
London
General Association of Amalgamated House Painters
247:. Vol. 3. Aldershot: Gower Publishing. pp.
166:
Amalgamated
Society of House Decorators and Painters
115:
Amalgamated
Society of House Decorators and Painters
20:
Amalgamated Society of House Decorators and Painters
168:name. On formation, it had 341 members in London,
101:
88:
78:
62:
50:
42:
34:
24:
164:In 1873, Shipton reorganised the union, under the
154:Manchester Alliance of Operative House Painters
8:
121:representing painters and decorators in the
19:
298:Defunct trade unions of the United Kingdom
18:
16:Former trade union of the United Kingdom
236:
234:
232:
230:
228:
226:
224:
222:
218:
293:Painters' and decorators' trade unions
241:Marsh, Arthur; Ryan, Victoria (1987).
133:The union was founded in 1866 as the
7:
244:Historical Directory of Trade Unions
308:Trade unions disestablished in 1904
187:In 1904, the union merged into the
14:
303:Trade unions established in 1866
1:
313:Trade unions based in London
329:
272:Postgate, Raymond (1923).
209:1889: Edwin Caleb Gibbs
54:Club Union Buildings,
274:The Builders' History
195:General Secretaries
21:
200:1866: E. G. Davies
161:moribund by 1871.
111:
110:
320:
278:
277:
269:
263:
262:
238:
71:
56:Clerkenwell Road
25:Merged into
22:
328:
327:
323:
322:
321:
319:
318:
317:
283:
282:
281:
271:
270:
266:
259:
240:
239:
220:
216:
197:
131:
91:
81:
74:
69:
17:
12:
11:
5:
326:
324:
316:
315:
310:
305:
300:
295:
285:
284:
280:
279:
264:
257:
217:
215:
212:
211:
210:
207:
205:George Shipton
201:
196:
193:
141:George Shipton
130:
127:
117:(ASHDP) was a
109:
108:
103:
99:
98:
95:George Shipton
92:
89:
86:
85:
82:
79:
76:
75:
73:
72:
66:
64:
60:
59:
52:
48:
47:
44:
40:
39:
36:
32:
31:
26:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
325:
314:
311:
309:
306:
304:
301:
299:
296:
294:
291:
290:
288:
275:
268:
265:
260:
254:
250:
246:
245:
237:
235:
233:
231:
229:
227:
225:
223:
219:
213:
208:
206:
202:
199:
198:
194:
192:
190:
185:
181:
179:
175:
171:
167:
162:
158:
155:
151:
147:
142:
138:
136:
128:
126:
124:
120:
116:
107:
104:
100:
96:
93:
87:
83:
77:
68:
67:
65:
61:
57:
53:
49:
45:
41:
37:
33:
30:
27:
23:
273:
267:
243:
186:
182:
165:
163:
159:
139:
134:
132:
114:
112:
102:Affiliations
84:5,165 (1900)
51:Headquarters
170:Southampton
119:trade union
287:Categories
258:0566021625
214:References
90:Key people
178:Waterford
97:(Gen Sec)
80:Members
43:Dissolved
63:Location
58:, London
174:Swansea
152:. The
146:Cardiff
129:History
70:England
35:Founded
255:
203:1866:
150:Dundee
123:London
249:51–60
253:ISBN
176:and
148:and
113:The
46:1904
38:1866
106:TUC
289::
251:.
221:^
191:.
172:,
261:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.