The National Union of Vehicle Builders (NUVB) was a trade union in the United Kingdom. The NUVB represented a mixture of skilled and unskilled workers in the automotive industry.
The union was formed in 1834 as the United Kingdom Society of Coachmakers, adopting the name National Union of Vehicle Builders in 1919. In 1934 it had 20,439 members, divided into 150 branches. The union's increase in dues, was the basis for the 1950 court case Edwards v Halliwell. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU) in 1972, forming a new automotive trade group within the TGWU.
General Secretaries
1900s: W. J. Clouter 1914: James Nicholson 1935: H. Halliwell 1953: F. S. Winchester 1962: Alf Roberts 1971:References
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