Amalgamated Union of Asphalt Workers explained

Amalgamated Union of Asphalt Workers
Location Country:United Kingdom
Affiliation:TUC, GFTU, NFBTO
Members:2,680 (1980)
Founded:1938
Dissolved:1987
Merged:Transport and General Workers' Union
Headquarters:Jenkin House, Queen's Road, Peckham
Key People:F. V. Jenkin
Harry Wareham

The Amalgamated Union of Asphalt Workers (AUAW) was a trade union representing workers in the asphalt industry in the United Kingdom.

The union was founded in 1938 with the merger of the National Asphalt Workers' Union and the Northern Asphalt Workers' Union. Although its membership was always small, it covered the entirety of Great Britain and workers involved in all aspects of asphalt, from manufacture to construction workers.[1]

In 1980, the union had 2,680 members. In 1988, it merged into the Transport and General Workers' Union.[2]

General Secretaries

1938: F. V. Jenkin

1950s: Herbert Softley

1960s: Harry M. Wareham

1986: Derek McCann

Assistant General Secretaries

1960s: Tony (Antonio) Avella

1970s: Derek McCann

References

  1. Book: Eaton. Jack. Gill. Colin. The Trade Union Directory. 1981. Pluto Press. London. 148.
  2. "The British merger movement", Industrial Relations Journal, Vol.30, No.5