Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union

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The Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union (EEPTU) was a former British Trade Union.[1]

ETU

The union was originally founded as the Electrical Trades Union.[1]

EEPTU

In 1968, following mergers the union became the Electrical, Electronic and Telecommunications Union - Plumbing Trades Union and then the Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union.[1]

The EEPTU was expelled from the TUC in 1988. It merged with the AUEW in 1992. The EEPTU wing of the combined union was re-admitted to the TUC in 1993.[1] The union was part of further mergers into Amicus in 2001 and Unite in 2007.[2]

People

President/General Secretary

Others


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 David Butler and Gareth Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900-2000, Macmillan, 2000, p.390.
  2. Geoffrey Goodman, Eric Hammond, The Guardian, 3 June 2009.