Joint Committee of Light Metal Trades Unions

The Joint Committee of Light Metal Trades Unions (LMTU) was a trade union committee consisting of unions based in the United Kingdom with members involved in producing castings for industry and construction.

Joint Committee of Light Metal Trades Unions

Founded	1911
Headquarters	Imperial Buildings, Rotherham[1]
Location	United Kingdom

The committee was established in 1911,^[2] as the Joint Committee of the Light Castings Trade Unions, adopting its final name in about 1930.^[3] It negotiated with the National Metal Trades Federation, which represented companies which produced castings.^[4]

The committee was based in Rotherham, sharing its offices and general secretary with the National Union of Domestic Appliance and General Metal Workers.^[1]

By the 1980s, the committee had the following members:^[1]

• Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths and Structural Workers
• Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (Engineering, Foundry and TASS sections)
• Association of Patternmakers and Allied Craftsmen
• Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff
• National Union of Domestic Appliance and General Metal Workers
• National Union of Sheet Metal Workers, Coppersmiths and Heating and Domestic Engineers
• Transport and General Workers' Union (Vehicle Building Automotive Group)

References

1. Marsh, Arthur (1984). Trade Union Handbook (3 ed.). Aldershot: Gower. p. 113. ISBN 0566024268.
2. Fyrth, H. J.; Collins, Henry (1959). The Foundry Workers: a trade union history. Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers. pp. 321–322.
3. Report on collective agreements between employers and workpeople in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Vol. 1. London: Ministry of Labour. 1934. p. 300.
4. Industrial Relations in Britain: An Industrial Relations Services Guide. Eclipse Publications Limited. 1988. p. 156.