Catalogue Number
NMLH.1997.25
Object Name
Timber Cladding
Title
"THIS WAS FIXED DURING LOCK OUT AND THE QUESTION OF A PLASTERER'S GENERAL LOCK OUT MAY 1899"
Place
Leeds & Yorkshire & England & UK
Events
Dispute & Lock-Out
Date
1899
Description
Builders found this panel in a Leeds office in 1997 while removing a partition wall. The text reads "This was fixed during the plasterers lockout and the question of a general lockout May 1899".
An attempt had been made by the Master Builders' Association (MBA) to weaken the strength of the National Association of Operative Plasterers (NAOP) by locking them out, therefore preventing them from working.
Other unions feared similar measures and supported the plasterers against the MBA. As a result the MBA threatened a national general lockout. All unions were called together and in June 1899 the MBA was forced to back down.
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