The Amalgamated Society of Vehicle Builders, Carpenters and Mechanics was a

trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

representing workers in building railway carriages in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1873, as the Amalgamated Society of Railway Wagon and Carriage Makers, Wheelwrights, Carpenters and Mechanics, based in Wigan. By 1892, it had only 195 members, but this grew steadily, reaching 823 in 1910. In 1914, the National Amalgamated Society of Railway Wagon and Carriage Builders and Lifters merged in, and it adopted its final name.{{cite book , last1=Marsh , first1=Arthur , last2=Ryan , first2=Victoria , title=Historical Directory of Trade Unions , volume=2 , date=1984 , publisher=Gower , location=Aldershot , isbn=0566021617 , page=93 By 1921, the union claimed 10,000 members, although this then began to fall, and by 1945, was down to 5,783. That year, it merged into the Amalgamated Engineering Union.

General Secretaries

:E. Buckley :J. Lancaster :c.1919: J. H. Roberts :1923: D. G. Wilkie

References

Trade unions based in Greater Manchester Trade unions established in 1873 Trade unions disestablished in 1945 Defunct trade unions of the United Kingdom Vehicle industry trade unions