The Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers (AUBTW) was a British

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History

The AUBTW was founded in 1921 when the Operative Society of Masons, Quarrymen and Allied Trades of England and Wales, the

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and the Manchester Unity of Operative Bricklayers' Society merged. It was joined by the Building and Monumental Workers' Association of Scotland in 1942, the National Builders' Labourers' and Constructional Workers' Society in 1952, the

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in 1966 and the

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in 1969.

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In 1971, the AUBTW merged with the

Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers 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 Constructio ...

to form the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers, Painters and Builders.

Election results

The union sponsored Labour Party candidates in several Parliamentary elections.

Leadership

General Secretaries

:1921:

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:1941:

Luke Fawcett Luke Fawcett (1881–25 October 1960) was a British trade unionist. Born in North Thoresby in Lincolnshire, Fawcett served an apprenticeship as a bricklayer, and immediately became an active trade unionist, becoming secretary of the Manchester ...

:1951:

George Lowthian George Henry Lowthian (born 30 January 1908 in Carlisle, Cumberland; died 11 June 1986 in Sutton, Surrey) was a British trade unionist. Lowthian entered the building trade at the age of sixteen, and completed his apprenticeship four years later, ...

Presidents

:1921: George Waddell :1934:

:1942: Harry Adams :1953: Harry Weaver

References

External links

Catalogue of the AUBTW archives
held at the

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