The Assistant Masters' Association (AMA) 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 male teachers in British secondary schools. The union was founded in 1891 as the Incorporated Association of Assistant Masters in Secondary Schools, although it soon became the "Assistant Masters' Association", a counterpart to the

Association of Assistant Mistresses The Association of Assistant Mistresses (AAM) was a trade union representing female teachers in British secondary schools. The union was founded in 1884 as the Association of Assistant Mistresses in Secondary Schools Incorporated, the last part o ...

(AAM). Philip Edgar Martineau was one of the founders of the association. Membership of the union grew steadily, reaching 3,259 in 1910, and about 40,000 by 1978. From 1978, single-sex trade unions were prohibited, and the AMA accordingly merged with the AAM, forming the Assistant Masters' and Mistresses' Association.

General Secretaries

:1901: C. J. C. Mackness :1902: W. H. D. Rouse :1906: J. G. Lamb :1921: George Dixon Dunkerley{{cite book , last1=Walker , first1=Geoffrey , title=Conditions of service for secondary schoolmasters in England and Wales, 1891-1951, with special reference to the work of the Assistant Masters' Association , date=1995 , url=http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10021589/1/131148.pdf , accessdate=6 July 2018 :1939: Andrew Hutchings

References

External links

Records of the Assistant Masters' Association
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Teacher associations based in the United Kingdom Trade unions established in 1891 Trade unions disestablished in 1978 Trade unions based in London