The Friendly Society of the United Operative Tin-Plate Workers of Wolverhampton was formed at some time before 1802. At some time after 1834 it was renamed the Wolverhampton Operative Tin-Plate Workers' Society. In 1876 the Society federated with the Wolverhampton Co-operative Tin Plate Workers' Society and the Birmingham Co-operative Tin Plate Workers' Society to form the Amalgamated Tin Plate Workers of Birmingham, Wolverhampton and District. In 1920 it amalgamated with the other unions affiliated to the Amalgamated's successor, the National Amalgamated Sheet Metal Workers and Braziers, to form the National Union of Sheet Metal Workers and Braziers.
Reference: Ted Brake, Men of Good Character: A history of the National Union of Sheet Metal Workers, Coppersmiths, Heating and Domestic Engineers (Lawrence and Wishart: London, 1985).
From the guide to the Papers of the Wolverhampton Operative Tin-Plate Workers' Society, 1834-1946, (Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick Library)
