Furniture, Timber and Allied Trades Union

FTAT

Full name	Furniture, Timber and Allied Trades Union
Founded	1971
Date dissolved	1993
Merged into	GMB
Affiliation	TUC, CSEU
Office location	London
Country	United Kingdom

The Furniture, Timber and Allied Trades Union (FTAT) was a trade union in the United Kingdom.

The union was founded in 1971 by the merger of the National Union of Furniture Trade Operatives and the Amalgamated Society of Woodcutting Machinists. In 1978, the National Union of Funeral Service Operatives merged with it. The following year, its total membership was 85,407.^[1] The union was a member of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions.^[2]

By 1993, membership was down to 31,642, and the union merged with the GMB, forming the bulk of its new "Construction, Furniture, Timber and Allied" section.^[3]

General Secretaries

1971: Alf Tomkins

1976: Ben Rubner

1986: Colin Christopher

References

1. Arthur Ivor Marsh, Trade union handbook, p.188
2. Arthur Ivor Marsh, Trade union handbook, pp.84-85
3. Jeremy Waddington et al, A comparison of the trade union merger process in Britain and Germany, pp.159-160