§ Mr. CECIL WILSONasked the Minister of Labour what organisations of employers and what organisations of employés, both in Sheffield, have been represented on the local unemployment committee since the beginning of 1925; and what trade unions in Sheffield have been approached with regard to representation, which of them have accepted representation, and which of them have refused?
§ Mr. BETTERTONThe following are the organisations of employers and workpeople at present represented on Sheffield Employment Committee, which was appointed on the 10th January, 1922:
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Name of Organisation. No. of Rep't's. Employers' Panel: Sheffield, Rotherham, and District Building Trade Employers' Association 1 Sheffield and District Engineering Employers' Association 3 Laminated Railway Spring Makers' Association 1 Edge Tool Manufacturers' Association 1 Sheffield File Manufacturers' Association 1 Master Silversmiths' Association 2 Sheffield Cutlery Manufacturers' Association 1 The Chamber of Commerce 1 Sheffield Furnishing Trade Association 1 Sheffield Grocery and Provision Dealers' Association 1 The Sheffield and District Rolling Mill Proprietors' Association 1 Midland Railway Company 1 15
Name of Organisation. No. of Rep't's. Workpeople's Panel: National Federation of Building Trades Operatives 1 British Steel Smelting Mill, Iron, Tinplate and Kindred Trades Association 1 Amalgamated Engineering Union 1 National Union of Foundry Workers 1 Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades Federation 1 Amalgamated Union of File Trades 1 National Union of General Workers 1 National Union of General Workers (Women's Section) 1 National Union of Gold, Silver and Allied Trades 1 Sheffield United Cutlery Council 1 National Union of Railwaymen 1 Sheffield Federated Trades and Labour Council 1 National Amalgamated Furnishing Trades Association 1 National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks 1 National Amalgamated Union of Labour 1 15 Apart from the fact that the Sheffield Federated Trades and Labour Council in January, 1925, nominated a fresh representative to fill a vacancy due to resignation no trade union in Sheffield has been approached with regard to representation during 1925. An application was made to the local employment committee for representation in March, 1925, by the Chapel-town branch of the National Union of Foundry Workers. This application was not entertained by the committee, in view of the fact that the National Union of Foundry Workers was already represented.