The Association of Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians (ASSET), was a British trade union, chiefly representing supervisors in the metal working and transport industries. It was formed from the National Foremen's Association, founded in 1918.
History In 1929 the National Foremen's Association merged with the Amalgamated Managers' and Foremen's Association, which was active in the mining industry. In 1942 the union changed its name to the Association of Supervisory Staff and Engineering Technicians and in 1946 it changed again to the Association of Supervisory Staff, Executives and Technicians.
In 1969 ASSET merged with the AScW (the Association of Scientific Workers) to form ASTMS (The Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs).
ASSET's final General Secretary was Clive Jenkins.
Election results The union sponsored Labour Party candidates at two general elections, and both were elected.Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.158-180Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.308-330
Election Constituency Candidate Votes Percentage Position 1964 general election Birkenhead 23,994 57.0 1 1966 general election Birkenhead 24,188 60.1 1 1966 general election Feltham 22,389 54.0 1
General Secretaries 1918: H. W. ReidDavid Butler, Twentieth-Century British Political Facts, 1900-2000, p.389 1939: Tom W. Agar 1945: Bob Bretherton 1946: Harry Knight 1960: Clive Jenkins
References
External links Catalogue of the ASSET archives, held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick