Association of Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians

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Association of Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians
Merged into Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs
Founded1917
Dissolved1969
Headquarters2-4 Homerton High Street, London
Location
  • United Kingdom
Members
50,435 (1967)
Key people
Clive Jenkins (Gen Sec)
PublicationAsset
Affiliations TUC, Labour

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.

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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. [1]

Election results

The union sponsored Labour Party candidates at two general elections, and both were elected. [2] [3]

ElectionConstituencyCandidateVotesPercentagePosition
1964 general election Birkenhead Edmund Dell 23,99457.01
1966 general election Birkenhead Edmund Dell 24,18860.11
1966 general election Feltham Russell Kerr 22,38954.01

General Secretaries

1918: H. W. Reid [4]
1939: Tom W. Agar [4]
1945: Bob Bretherton [4]
1946: Harry Knight [4]
1960: Clive Jenkins [4]

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References

  1. "Clive Jenkins". Guardian. 23 September 1999. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  2. Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.158-180
  3. Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.308-330
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 David Butler, Twentieth-Century British Political Facts, 1900-2000, p.389