__NOTOC__ The Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers (AUFW) 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 foundries in the

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. 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 The Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU) was a major United Kingdom, British trade union. It merged with the Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union to form the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union in 1992. History ...

, acting as the foundry section of the new union. At this point, the union had around 72,000 members.James C. Docherty and Sjaak van der Velden, ''Historical Dictionary of Organized Labor'', p.24

Election results

The union sponsored Roland Casasola as a Labour Party candidate in two Parliamentary elections.David Howell, ''Dictionary of Labour Biography'', vol.IV, pp.52-55

Leadership

General Secretaries

:1946: Jim Gardner{{cite book , last1=Fryth , first1=H. J. , last2=Collins , first2=Henry , title=The Foundry Workers , date=1950 , publisher=Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers , location=Manchester :1958: Tommy Graham :1960: David Lambert

Presidents

:1946: Bill Wallace :1947: Archibald MacDougall :1954: Roland Casasola :1958: Fred Hollingsworth

Assistant General Secretaries

:1946: Tom Colvin :1958: Tommy Graham :1958: David Lambert :1960:

References

External links

Catalogue of the AUFW archives
held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick Trade unions established in 1946 Trade unions disestablished in 1967 Foundry workers' trade unions Trade unions based in Greater Manchester