The Amalgamated Union of Asphalt Workers (AUAW) 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 the

asphalt Asphalt most often refers to: * Bitumen, also known as "liquid asphalt cement" or simply "asphalt", a viscous form of petroleum mainly used as a binder in asphalt concrete * Asphalt concrete, a mixture of bitumen with coarse and fine aggregates, u ...

industry in the

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

. The union was founded in 1938 with the merger of the National Asphalt Workers' Union and the Northern Asphalt Workers' Union. Although its membership was always small, it covered the entirety of Great Britain and workers involved in all aspects of asphalt, from manufacture to construction workers.{{cite book, last1=Eaton, first1=Jack, last2=Gill, first2=Colin, title=The Trade Union Directory, year=1981, publisher=Pluto Press, location=London, page=148 In 1980, the union had 2,680 members. In 1988, it merged into the

Transport and General Workers' Union The Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU or T&G) was one of the largest general union, general trade unions in the United Kingdom and Ireland—where it was known as the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union (ATGWU)—with 900 ...

."The British merger movement", ''Industrial Relations Journal'', Vol.30, No.5

General Secretaries

:1938: F. V. Jenkin :1950s: Herbert Softley :1960s: Harry M. Wareham :1986: Derek McCann

Assistant General Secretaries

:1960s: Tony (Antonio) Avella :1970s: Derek McCann

References

Defunct trade unions of the United Kingdom 1938 establishments in the United Kingdom Building and construction trade unions Manufacturing trade unions Trade unions established in 1938 Trade unions disestablished in 1987 Transport and General Workers' Union amalgamations Trade unions based in London