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Reference: D/X 1601 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Consett No. 1 Branch of the British Iron Steel and Kindred Trades Association (BISAKTA)

Covering Dates: 1948-1965

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Catalogue Description

The Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC) was formed in 1917 from the British Steel Smelters, Mill, Iron and Kindred Trades Association (BSSMIKTA), the Associated Iron and Steel Workers of Great Britain (AISWGB) and the National Steel Workers Association Engineering and Labour League (NSWAELL). Any new members recruited by these unions then joined the British Iron, Steel and Kindred Trades Association (BISAKTA) and in this way, the restrictions of the 1917 Trade Union (Amalgamation) Act were circumvented.

On 1 January 1984, BISAKTA assumed the name and functions of the ISTC.

On 1 July 2004, ISTC merged with the National Union of Knitwear, Footwear and Apparel Trades and became Community, the Union for Life.

National records of ISTC are held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick (Ref: MSS.36).

Catalogue Contents

Consett No. 1 Branch of the British Iron Steel and Kindred Trades Association (BISAKTA) (Ref: D/X 1601)J.W. Hall, Secretary of Consett No. 1 Branch of BISAKTA (Ref: D/X 1601/1-36)Lists of members of the Consett No. 1 Branch (Ref: D/X 1601/1-4)Ref: D/X 1601/1

List of members of Consett No. 1 Branch, 11 January 1958

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1601/2

List of members of Consett No. 1 Branch, June 1961

(7 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/X 1601/3

List of members of the British Iron, Steel and Kindred Trades Association, Consett 1, 28 April 1962 Attached: note of audit of the Consett No. 1 Branch by B.I.S.K.T.A., Swinton House, 324 Gray's Inn Road, London, 8 June 1962

(6 papers)

Ref: D/X 1601/4

List of members of Consett No. 1 Branch, July 1964

(6 papers)

Records of the income of the Branch (Ref: D/X 1601/5-8)Ref: D/X 1601/5

Letter from the British Iron, Steel and Kindred Trades Association, Swinton House, 324 Gray's Inn Road, London, to J.W. Hall, Consett No. 1 Branch, stating the income of the branch, 28 February 1956

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1601/6

Account of subscriptions by named members of the Branch, 3 December 1955 - October 1960

(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/X 1601/7

Account of subscriptions by named members of the Branch, 5 November 1960 - October 1965

(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/X 1601/8

Statement of arrears of members of Consett No. 1 Branch, 28 April 1962 No names are given

(3 papers)

Records concerning the audit of the Branch (Ref: D/X 1601/9-12)Ref: D/X 1601/9

Correspondence between the Audit Department, The British Iron, Steel and Kindred Trades Association, Swinton House, 324 Gray's Inn Road, London; J.W. Hall, Consett No. 1 Branch; the Consett Iron Company Limited, Consett; T. Malone; F. Grimes; A.W. Pearse; E.W. Briars; A. Hamilton, 2 Ivanhoe Terrace, Dipton; concerning lapsed membership and an audit of the branch, 29 December 1958 - 23 May 1960

(16 papers)

Ref: D/X 1601/10

Audit report on Consett No. 1 Branch, 8 June 1962

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1601/11

Letter from the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, 23/25 Albert Road, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, to J.W. Hall, Consett No. 1 Branch, congratulating the latter on the audit of the branch, 13 June 1962

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1601/12

Audit report for Consett No. 1 Branch for the 6 months ending 27 March 1965 Attached: statement of arrears of members to 24 April 1965

(5 papers)

Correspondence concerning Appeals under Rule 43 (Ref: D/X 1601/13-15)Ref: D/X 1601/13

Correspondence between The Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, 23 - 25 Albert Road, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, and J.W. Hall, Consett No. 1 Branch, concerning appeals, under Rule 43, relating to Bro. W.H. Carr and Bro. F. Tait, 24 January - 2 April 1964

(21 papers)

Ref: D/X 1601/14

Letters from the Divisional Officer, The Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, 23/25 Albert Road, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, to J.W. Hall, Consett No. 1 Branch, concerning disputes concerning Brothers Carr, Tait and Snaith, 3 February 1964

(3 papers)

Ref: D/X 1601/15

Correspondence between the British Iron, Steel and Kindred Trades Association, Consett No. 1 Branch; A.L. Reed; James Drinkwater, The Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, Swinton House, 324 Gray's Inn Road, London; concerning appeals under Rule 43, 27 February - 17 August 1964

(12 papers)

Records concerning an application to Ruskin College (Ref: D/X 1601/16-17)Ref: D/X 1601/16

Reference supplied by J.W. Hall in support of R. Ramsay's application to Ruskin College, Oxford, 12 April 1959

(2 papers)

Ref: D/X 1601/17

Correspondence between the Assistant General Secretary, Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, Swinton House, 324 Gray's Inn Road, London; J.W. Hall, Consett No. 1 Branch; R. Ramsay, 14 Gloucester Road, Delves Lane, Consett; The Principal, Ruskin College, Oxford; concerning R. Ramsay's application to the college, 7 - 11 May 1959

(5 papers)

Records concerning the employment of men from the Consett Iron Company in the Tata Iron and Steel Company , India (Ref: D/X 1601/18-20)Ref: D/X 1601/18

Correspondence between the Hon. Sec., Consett No. 1 Branch; the General Secretary, The Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, Swinton House, 324 Gray's Inn Road, London; Divisional Officer, I.S.T.C., 23 - 25 Albert Road, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire; Tata Limited, Agents for Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited; E. Barnett, Dene Holme, Holmeside, Edmondsley; W. Reay, Tata Guest House, Jamshedpur, India; W.S. Jenkins, Guest House, Chummerey Building, Jamshedpur, India; concerning the recruitment of workers for the Tata Steelworks, India, 7 January 1948 - 22 August 1959

(63 papers and 1 booklet)

Ref: D/X 1601/19

Draft contract of employment between the Tata Iron & Steel Company Limited, and a potential employee, and draft medical questionnaire to be completed by a potential employee, c.1959

(21 papers)

Ref: D/X 1601 /20

Description of developments in steel-making in India, and improvements in steel making throughout the world in the 20th c., 1950s

(1 booklet)

Records concerning the Introduction of Oxygen Steel Making at Consett (Ref: D/X 1601/21-29, 36)Ref: D/X 1601/21

Correspondence between G.F. Ewan, General Works Manager (Production), Consett Iron Company Limited, Consett; J.W. Hall, Consett No. 1 Branch; the Divisional Organiser, The Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, 23 - 25 Albert Road, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire; the General Secretary, The Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, Swinton House, 324 Gray's Inn Road, London; concerning the introduction of a new steel plant, 23 November 1961 - 4 February 1965

(6 papers)

Ref: D/X 1601/22

Record of negotiations and meetings on Oxygen Steel Making, 23 November - 6 December 1961

(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/X 1601/23

Notes of meetings between Consett No. 1 Branch and the Consett Iron Company on negotiations concerning Oxygen Steel Making, 23 November 1961 - 22 February 1965 Originally enclosed in D/X 1601/22

(24 papers)

Ref: D/X 1601/24

List of workmen needed to man the Oxygen Steel Plant, issued by the Consett Iron Company Limited, 15 December 1961 Originally enclosed in D/X 1601/22

(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 1601/25

Descriptions of the duties of ancillary workers in the Oxygen Steel Plant, c.1964 Originally enclosed in D/X 1601/22

(16 papers)

Ref: D/X 1601/26

Correspondence between The Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, 23 - 25 Albert Road, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire; J.W. Hall, Consett No. 1 Branch; Assistant General Works Manager (Production), Consett Iron Company Limited; J. Barnett, Oxygen Steel Plant General Office, Consett Iron Company Limited; C. Borthwick, Oxygen Steel Plant Manager, Consett Iron Company, concerning transfer of staff to the Oxygen Steel Plant, 23 January - 18 December 1964

(9 papers)

Ref: D/X 1601/27

Letter from the Consett Iron Company to J.W. Hall, Consett No. 1 Branch, enclosing calculations of the make-up of the average gross shift earnings for vesselmen at the new Oxygen Steel Plant, 17 July 1964

(2 papers)

Ref: D/X 1601/28

Details issued by the Consett Iron Company and sent to J.W. Hall, Consett No. 1 Branch, concerning improvements to the ladle job in the Oxygen Steel Plant, 6 November 1964

(3 papers)

Ref: D/X 1601/29

List of workmen who are about to start work in the Oxygen Steel Plant, 18 and 19 November 1964

(3 papers)

Ref: D/X 1601/36

Correspondence with Consett Iron Company Limited and The Iron and Steel Trades Confederation concerning closure of the Open Hearth plant and transfer of employees to the Oxygen Steel plant, 1961-1964 Includes names of employees

(65 papers)

Lists of employees (Ref: D/X 1601/30-34)Ref: D/X 1601/30

List of employees, who started or left employment in the steel plant since April 1960, 7 September 1960 - 3 February 1961

(4 papers, printed)

Ref: D/X 1601/31

List of redundant employees of the steel plant to be offered alternative employment, n.d. [c. 1961]

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/X 1601/32

List of steel plant employees in the pool, 7 July 1962

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/X 1601/33

Schedule fo base rates for melting shop ancilliary workers, 16 September 1963

(5 papers, printed)

Ref: D/X 1601/34

List of people, who were interviewed for work and refused employment, n.d. [c. 1963]

(2 papers, printed)

Agreement concerning the 42-hour Week (Ref: D/X 1601/35)Ref: D/X 1601/35

22 December 1960 (1) The Iron and Steel Trades' Employers' Association, Victoria House, Vernon Place, London (2) The Iron and Steel Trades' Confederation, Swinton House, 324 Gray's Inn Road, London Agreement concerning the introduction of the 42-hour working week for certain workers employed in non-continuous working mills, mill finishing units and loading banks

(6 papers)