National Association of Operative Plasterers
The National Association of Operative Plasterers (NAOP) was a trade union representing plasterers in the United Kingdom.
| Founded | 1859 |
|---|---|
| Date dissolved | 1968 |
| Merged into | Transport and General Workers' Union |
| Members | 7,388 (1907)[1] |
| Affiliation | TUC, ITUC, NFBTO, Labour |
| Office location | 1016 Harrow Road, Wembley |
| Country | United Kingdom |
The union was founded in 1860 and regarded itself as an amalgamation of three local societies. It immediately attracted a high membership for a union of the time, having 4,802 members in 1866, and although this fell to 2,400 by the end of the decade, it rose to 5,199 in 1876, representing nearly 20% of the total workforce.[2]
In 1895, both the Liverpool Operative Plasters' Trade, Accident and Burial Society, and the Metropolitan Trades Society of Operative Plasterers merged in, taking membership to 11,000, and a three-month strike in 1898 produced a national agreement on wages and working conditions.[2]
The union joined the National Federation of Building Trade Operatives in 1918, under the name of the National Association of Plasterers, Granolithic and Cement Workers. It left the federation in 1924, but rejoined in 1933. The Scottish National Operative Plasterers' Union finally amalgamated into the NAOP in 1967.[2]
In 1968, the union merged into the Transport and General Workers' Union.[2]
Election results
The union sponsored its Bristol-area organiser as a Labour Party candidate in the 1929 UK general election:[3]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stroud | F. E. White | 10,384 | 26.1 | 3 |
Leadership
General Secretaries
- 1861: C. O. Williams[4]
- 1885: John Knight[4]
- 1885: Arthur Otley[4]
- 1896: Michael Deller[4]
- 1906: Thomas Otley[4]
- 1922: Arthur Henry Telling[4]
- 1950: Albert Dunne
Assistant General Secretaries
- 1896: J. Lamb
- 1897: Thomas Otley
- 1906: Charles Brooks
- 1909: Post vacant
- 1920: Arthur Henry Telling
- 1923: Henry Cockerill
- 1942: John Lane
- 1943: Post vacant
- 1946: Albert Dunne
- 1950: Ronald V. Gough
See also
- List of trade unions
- Transport and General Workers' Union
- TGWU amalgamations
References
- Report on Trade Unions in 1905-1907. London: Board of Trade. 1909. p. 82-101.
- Arthur Marsh and Victoria Ryan, Historical Directory of British Trade Unions, vol.3, pp.88-90
- Parker, James (2017). Trade unions and the political culture of the Labour Party, 1931-1940 (PDF). Exeter: University of Exeter. p. 125.
- Trade Union Ancestors, "Friendly Society of Operative Stonemasons Archived 2016-10-06 at the Wayback Machine"
- Reports from commissioners, House of Commons, 1869, p. 12
Further reading
- James Robert Newman (1960), The NAOP heritage: a short historical review of the growth and development of the National Association of Operative Plasterers, 1860-1960.