Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers | |
Location Country: | United Kingdom |
Affiliation: | TUC, ITUC |
Members: | 198,000 (1956) |
Founded: | 1 January 1921 |
Dissolved: | 1 July 1970 |
Merged: | Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers and Painters |
Headquarters: | 9 - 11 Macaulay Road, Clapham, London |
Publication: | Woodworkers' Journal |
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]
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]
The union sponsored a large number of Labour Party candidates, many of whom won election.
Election | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Position | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
11,234 | 41.9 | 2[5] | ||||
1,098 | 05.1 | 3 | ||||
16,126 | 15.8 | 4[6] | ||||
8,758 | 43.3 | 1 | ||||
12,529 | 48.5 | 2 | ||||
4,403 | 14.1 | 3 | ||||
11,562 | 46.5 | 2[7] | ||||
8,433 | 30.0 | 3 | ||||
10,437 | 29.1 | 3 | ||||
16,983 | 53.9 | 1[8] | ||||
10,026 | 47.6 | 1 | ||||
14,004 | 51.3 | 1 | ||||
14,184 | 46.8 | 2 | ||||
13,070 | 41.2 | 2 | ||||
6,914 | 42.8 | 2 | ||||
18,860 | 54.6 | 1 | ||||
12,621 | 49.1 | 2 | ||||
14,884 | 47.3 | 1 | ||||
23,956 | 48.8 | 1[9] | ||||
13,110 | 45.5 | 1 | ||||
15,053 | 43.8 | 1 | ||||
26,937 | 60.4 | 1 | ||||
16,050 | 54.0 | 1 | ||||
20,583 | 52.3 | 1 | ||||
16,640 | 33.8 | 2[10] | ||||
11,252 | 37.3 | 2 | ||||
22,834 | 49.2 | 2 | ||||
14,144 | 45.1 | 1 | ||||
15,550 | 39.4 | 2 | ||||
13,701 | 43.6 | 2[11] | ||||
11,155 | 37.5 | 2 | ||||
17,613 | 61.8 | 1 | ||||
19,402 | 45.9 | 2 | ||||
13,370 | 57.1 | 1[12] | ||||
8,494 | 52.0 | 1 | ||||
17,460 | 65.2 | 1 | ||||
26,566 | 72.2 | 1 | ||||
15,249 | 45.1 | 1[13] | ||||
24,030 | 60.8 | 1 | ||||
33,963 | 61.1 | 1 | ||||
19,525 | 57.7 | 1[14] | ||||
23,967 | 62.4 | 1 | ||||
35,296 | 64.3 | 1 | ||||
21,653 | 56.5 | 1[15] | ||||
29,185 | 61.8 | 1 | ||||
20,179 | 46.9 | 2[16] | ||||
15,746 | 33.8 | 2 | ||||
25,319 | 58.9 | 1 | ||||
7,341 | 21.8 | 3[17] | ||||
20,590 | 57.3 | 1[18] | ||||
21,452 | 53.6 | 1[19] |
1921: Alexander Gordon Cameron
1926: Frank Wolstencroft
1948: Jack McDermott
1959: George Smith
1921: Frank Wolstencroft
1927: Thomas O. Williams
1947: Jack McDermott
1949: George Smith
1959: W. J. Martin
1962: Les Wood