Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers
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Merged into | Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers and Painters |
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Founded | 1 January 1921 |
Dissolved | 1 July 1970 |
Headquarters | 9–11 Macaulay Road, Clapham, London |
Location | |
Members | 198,000 (1956) |
Publication | Woodworkers' Journal |
Affiliations | TUC, ITUC |
The Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers (ASW) was a British trade union representing carpenters, joiners and allied trades. The ASW was formed in 1921 by the amalgamation of two smaller unions. It was itself merged into the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians in 1971.[1]
History
[edit]The ASW was formed in 1921 through the merger of two rival unions: the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters, Cabinetmakers and Joiners and the General Union of Carpenters and Joiners.[1]
The ASW had 176,000 members by 1945, making it the seventh largest union in Britain. Its membership rose to 198,000 by 1956.[2] In 1965, the National Union of Packing Case Makers (Wood and Tin), Box Makers, Sawyers and Mill Workers merged into the ASW.[3]
On 1 July 1970 the ASW was merged with Amalgamated Society of Painters and Decorators and the Association of Building Technicians to form the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers and Painters.[4] One year later the new union was itself merged with Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers to become the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers Painters and Builders (ASWPB). At the end of 1971 the ASWPB was renamed the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (UCATT).[4]
Election results
[edit]The union sponsored a large number of Labour Party candidates, many of whom won election.
Leadership
[edit]General Secretaries
[edit]- 1921: Alexander Gordon Cameron
- 1926: Frank Wolstencroft
- 1948: Jack McDermott
- 1959: George Smith
Assistant General Secretaries
[edit]- 1921: Frank Wolstencroft
- 1927: Thomas O. Williams
- 1947: Jack McDermott
- 1949: George Smith
- 1959: W. J. Martin
- 1962: Les Wood
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers including the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners". Trade Union Ancestors. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2008.
- ^ Marsh, Arthur (1979). Trade Union Handbook: A Guide and Directory to the Structure, Membership, Policy and Personnel of the British Trade Unions. Westmead, Hants.: Gower Press. p. 14. ISBN 0-566-02091-2. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ^ Marsh, Arthur; Ryan, Victoria (1987). Historical Directory of Trade Unions. Vol. 3. Aldershot: Gower Publishing. p. 368. ISBN 0566021625.
- ^ a b "Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers 1915-71". University of Warwick. Retrieved 11 September 2008.
- ^ a b c d e Labour Party, Report of the Twenty-second Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.255-272. Note that this list is of the sanctioned candidates as of June 1922, and there were some changes between this date and the general election.
- ^ "Obituary: J. C. H. Robinson". Woodworkers', Painters' and Building Workers' Journal. 1946.
- ^ a b c d Higgenbottam, Samuel (1939). Our Society's History. Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers. p. 284.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Woodworkers' six for Parliament". Manchester Guardian. 28 July 1924.
- ^ a b c d e f Report of the Annual Labour Party Conference: 24–44. 1929.
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(help) - ^ a b c d e Annual Report of the Labour Party: 11–27. 1931.
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(help) - ^ a b c d "List of Endorsed Labour Candidates and Election Results, November 14, 1935". Annual Report of the Labour Party: 8–23. 1935.
- ^ a b c d Labour Party, Report of the Forty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.232-248
- ^ a b c "List of Parliamentary Labour candidates and election results, February 23rd, 1950". Report of the Conference of the Labour Party: 179–198. 1950.
- ^ a b c Labour Party, Report of the Fiftieth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.184-203
- ^ a b Labour Party, Report of the Fifty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.255-275
- ^ a b c Labour Party, Report of the Fifty-Eighth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.179-201
- ^ Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.158-180
- ^ Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.308-330
- ^ Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Ninth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.289-312