| Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers | |
| Location Country: | United Kingdom |
| Affiliation: | TUC, ITUC, CSEU, Labour |
| Members: | 72,000 (1967) |
| Founded: | 1946 |
| Dissolved: | 31 December 1967 |
| Merged: | Amalgamated Union of Engineering and Foundry Workers |
| Headquarters: | 164 Chorlton Road, Manchester |
The Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers (AUFW) was a trade union representing workers in foundries in the United Kingdom.
The union was founded in 1946 with the merger of the National Union of Foundry Workers, the Ironfounding Workers' Association and the United Metal Founders' Society. In 1962, the North of England Brass, Aluminium, Bronze and Kindred Alloys Moulders' Trade and Friendly Society merged into the AUF, and the Amalgamated Moulders and Kindred Industries Trades Union joined in 1967. Later that year, the union merged with the Amalgamated Engineering Union to form the Amalgamated Union of Engineering and Foundry Workers, acting as the foundry section of the new union.[1] At this point, the union had around 72,000 members.[2]
The union sponsored Roland Casasola as a Labour Party candidate in two Parliamentary elections.[3]
| Election | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16,769 | 37.5 | 2 | ||||
| 16,996 | 46.3 | 2 |
1946: Jim Gardner[4]
1958: Tommy Graham
1960: David Lambert
1946: Bill Wallace
1947: Archibald MacDougall
1954: Roland Casasola
1958: Fred Hollingsworth
1946: Tom Colvin
1958: Tommy Graham
1958: David Lambert
1960:
Hubert Jim Fyrth and Henry Collins, The Foundry Workers: a trade union history