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.Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers, Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
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.
Election Constituency Candidate Votes Percentage Position 1931 by-election Woolwich East 16,200 56.7 1 1931 general election Woolwich East 16,658 50.9 1 1935 general election Woolwich East 17,563 58.0 1 1945 general election Woolwich East 18,983 70.4 1Labour Party, Report of the Forty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.232-248 1950 general election Portsmouth South 17,545 36.1 2 1951 general election Southend East 19,478 44.7 2 1955 general election Exeter 18,759 43.7 2Labour Party, Report of the Fifty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.255-275 1964 general election Houghton-le-Spring 32,914 74.8 1Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.158-180 1966 general election Houghton-le-Spring 32,067 77.5 1Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.308-330 1970 general election Houghton-le-Spring 32,888 73.4 1Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Ninth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.289-312
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 Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick