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

Operative Bricklayers' Society The Operative Bricklayers' Society (OBS) was a UK, British New Model Trade Union based in London. History The society was founded in 1818 as the London Bricklayers' Society, but by 1829 had developed into a national operative union. By the 18 ...

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 National Society of Street Masons, Paviors and Road Makers in 1966 and the Amalgamated Slaters', Tilers' and Roofing Operatives' Society 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 carpenter Carpentry is a skilled trade and a craft in which the primary work performed is the cutting, shaping and installation of building materia ...

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: George Hicks :1941: Luke Fawcett :1951: George Lowthian

Presidents

:1921: George Waddell :1934: Luke Fawcett :1942: Harry Adams :1953: Harry Weaver

References

External links

Catalogue of the AUBTW archives
held at the

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