Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers explained

The Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers (AUBTW) was a British trade union.

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 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.^[1]

In 1971, the AUBTW merged with the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers to form the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers, Painters and Builders.

Election results

The union sponsored Labour Party candidates in several Parliamentary elections.^{[2] [3]}

Election	Constituency	Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Position
			16,200	56.7	1[4]
			16,658	50.9	1[5]
			17,563	58.0	1[6]
			18,983	70.4	1[7]
			17,545	36.1	2[8]
			19,478	44.7	2[9]
			18,759	43.7	2[10]
			32,914	74.8	1[11]
			32,067	77.5	1[12]
			32,888	73.4	1[13]

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

External links

• Catalogue of the AUBTW archives, held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick

Notes and References

1. http://dscalm.warwick.ac.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqSearch=%28%28RefNo==%27CAT%27%29OR%28RefNo==%27BTW%27%29%29 Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers
2. List of Parliamentary Labour candidates and election results, February 23rd, 1950 . Annual Report of the Labour Party . 1950.
3. Book: Webster . Jack . Jack Webster's Aberdeen . 2007 . Birlinn . 1841584789 . 200.
4. Parliamentary by-elections . Report of the Annual Labour Party Conference . 1931 . 16 - 28.
5. List of Endorsed Labour Candidates and Election Results, October 27, 1931. Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party . 1931 . 11 - 27.
6. List of Endorsed Labour Candidates and Election Results, November 14, 1935 . Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party . 1935 . 8 - 23.
7. [Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]
8. List of Parliamentary Labour candidates and election results, February 23rd, 1950 . Report of the Forty-Ninth Annual Conference of the Labour Party . 1950 . 179 - 198.
9. List of Parliamentary Labour candidates and election results, 25th October, 1951 . Report of the Fiftieth Annual Conference of the Labour Party . 1951 . 184 - 203.
10. [Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]
11. [Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]
12. [Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]
13. [Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]