Association of Scientific Workers

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Association of Scientific Workers
Merged into Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs
Founded1918
Dissolved1968
Headquarters15 Half Moon Street, London
Location
  • United Kingdom
PublicationAssociation of Scientific Workers Journal
Affiliations WFSW, ITUC

The Association of Scientific Workers (AScW) was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It was founded as the National Union of Scientific Workers in 1918, changing its name to the Association of Scientific Workers in 1927.

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The union largely represented laboratory and technical workers in universities, the National Health Service and in chemical and metal manufacturing. It was the union for scientists with a conscience,[ dubious ] and could name half-a-dozen Nobel Prize winners amongst its membership. The former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher was also a member.

In 1969 AScW merged with the ASSET (Association of Supervisory Staff, Executives and Technicians) to form ASTMS (the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs)

General Secretaries

1918: Norman Campbell
1920: Archibald Church
1931:
1935: William Alfred Wooster
1945: Roy Innes
1949: Ted Ainley
1951: Ben Smith
1954: John Dutton

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