Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section

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TASS
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Full nameTechnical, Administrative and Supervisory Section
Founded21 May 1913 (1913-05-21)
Date dissolved1988
Merged into Manufacturing Science and Finance
Members170,751 (1980) [1]
JournalThe Draughtsman
TASS News and Journal [1]
Head union Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (1970–1985)
Affiliation TUC, CSEU, IMF, LMTU, Labour
Office locationOnslow Hall, Richmond upon Thames [1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
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The Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section (TASS) was a British trade union.

Contents

History

The union was founded in 1913 by 200 draughtsmen, as the Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen (AESD). It expanded rapidly, and had more than 14,000 member by the end of the decade. Although it declined during the Great Depression, it retained most of its members by offering unemployment benefit, and by 1939 established a new high of 23,000 members, this rising to 44,000 by the end of World War II and over 75,000 by 1968. From 1960, it accepted technicians in ancillary roles, changing its name to the Draughtsmen's and Allied Technicians' Association (DATA). [2]

In 1970, DATA amalgamated with the Amalgamated Union of Engineering and Foundry Workers (AUEFW) and Constructional Engineering Union (CEU) to form the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (AUEW). The former members of DATA formed the Technical and Supervisory Section of the new union. At the 1973 Representative Council Conference it was agreed to rename it the Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section (TASS).

In 1985, after considerable problems within the AUEW, TASS broke away to become an independent union.

TASS absorbed the National Union of Gold, Silver and Allied Trades (NUGSAT) in 1981, the National Union of Sheet Metal Workers, Coppersmiths, Heating and Domestic Engineers in 1983, the Association of Patternmakers and Allied Craftsmen in 1984, the Tobacco Workers' Union in 1986, and the National Society of Metal Mechanics in 1987.

In 1988, it merged with the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs (ASTMS) to become the Manufacturing Science and Finance Union (MSF). MSF in turn merged with the AEEU to form Amicus in 2002. This resulted in TASS and the former AUEW (by then part of the AEEU) being re-united within one union.

Election results

The union sponsored Labour Party candidates in each Parliamentary election from 1950 onwards.

ElectionConstituencyCandidateVotesPercentagePosition
1950 general election Bristol West Edward Bishop 12,67730.02 [3]
South Buckinghamshire Cyril Dee11,38923.92 [3]
1951 general election Exeter Edward Bishop 18,57640.72 [4]
South Buckinghamshire Cyril Dee14,17031.42 [4]
1955 general election Bromsgrove Lester George22,28744.82 [5]
South Gloucestershire Edward Bishop 20,03447.42 [5]
1959 general election Glasgow Cathcart James Jarvie21,16940.82 [6]
Wembley South Edward Mackenzie12,16632.62 [6]
1964 general election Chislehurst Ronald Huzzard20,73641.22 [7]
Newark Edward Bishop 26,17154.41 [7]
Tynemouth Albert Booth 25,89443.72 [7]
1966 general election Barrow-in-Furness Albert Booth 23,48560.31 [8]
Newark Edward Bishop 27,40256.71 [8]
1968 by-election Bassetlaw Joe Ashton 21,39449.61
1970 general election Barrow-in-Furness Albert Booth 22,40056.11 [9]
Bassetlaw Joe Ashton 28,95954.91 [9]
Newark Edward Bishop 26,45551.21 [9]
Oldham East James Lamond 17,02051.11 [9]
Feb 1974 general election Barrow-in-Furness Albert Booth 19,92546.11 [10]
Bassetlaw Joe Ashton 33,72460.01 [10]
Newark Edward Bishop 31,58653.81 [10]
Oldham East James Lamond 18,54848.21 [10]
Oct 1974 general election Barrow-in-Furness Albert Booth 21,60751.41 [11]
Bassetlaw Joe Ashton 28,66353.71 [11]
Newark Edward Bishop 26,59847.91 [11]
Oldham East James Lamond 19,05452.81 [11]
1979 general election Barrow-in-Furness Albert Booth 22,68753.21 [12]
Bassetlaw Joe Ashton 29,42650.21 [12]
Dundee West Ernie Ross 23,65447.31 [12]
Newark Edward Bishop 25,96043.02 [12]
Oldham East James Lamond 18,24850.71 [12]
1983 general election Barrow-in-Furness Albert Booth 17,70734.72 [13]
Bassetlaw Joe Ashton 22,23145.61 [13]
Chorley Ivan Taylor17,58630.52 [13]
Dundee West Ernie Ross 20,28843.41 [13]
Oldham Central and Royton James Lamond 18,61141.41 [13]
Preston Stan Thorne 21,81046.71
Stockport Peter R. Ward12,73129.02 [13]
Stockton North Frank Cook 18,33937.11 [13]
1987 general election Bassetlaw Joe Ashton 25,38548.11
Dundee West Ernie Ross 24,91653.41
Glasgow Springburn Michael Martin 25,61773.61
Oldham Central and Royton James Lamond 21,75948.11
Stockton North Frank Cook 26,04349.21

Leadership

General Secretaries

1913: L. Blair [14]
1918: Peter Doig [14]
1945: James Young [14]
1952: George Doughty [14]
1974: Ken Gill

Assistant General Secretaries

1919: David Manteklow [14]
1920: David Manteklow and James Young [14]
1929: Post vacant [14]
1946: John Holland [14]
1956: J. Dickinson [14]

Deputy General Secretaries

1968: Ken Gill
1973: John Forrester
1979: Eric Winterbottom
1983: Barbara Switzer

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  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 General Election Guide. BBC Data Publications. 1983. ISBN   094635815X.
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