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Full Name Short Name Notes
Amalgamated Association of Beamers, Twisters and Drawers AABTD Formed 1866. Dissolved 2002.
Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union AEEU Active from 1992 - 2001. Formed through the merger of the Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU) with the Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunication and Plumbing Union (EETPU). In 2001 the AEEU merged with the Manufacturing, Science and Finance (MSF) union to form Amicus.
Amalgamated Engineering Union AEU Active 1920 - 1992. Merged with the Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunication and Plumbing Union (EETPU) in 1992 to form the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union (AEEU).
Amalgamated Musicians’ Union AMU Formed in 1893. Merged with the National Orchestral Union of Professional Musicians in 1921 to form the Musicians’ Union.
Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths and Structural Workers ASB Renamed in 1963 following a merger between the United Society of Boilermakers, Shipbuilders and Structural Workers, the Associated Blacksmiths, Forge and Smithy Workers' Society and the Shipconstructors and Shipwrights' Association. In 1982 merged with the General and Municipal Workers' Union (GMWU) to form the General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trades Union.
Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners ASCJ
Amalgamated Society of Dyers, Finishers and Kindred Trades ASDFKT Formed in 1878 as the Bradford and District Amalgamated Society of Dyers, Crabbers, Singers and Finishers. Renamed as Amalgamated Society of Dyers in 1892 and before adopting this name around 1900. Merged in 1936 with the National Union of Textile Workers and the Operative Bleachers, Dyers and Finishers Association to form the National Union of Dyers, Bleachers and Textile Workers.
Amalgamated Society of Engineers ASE Formed in 1851. Dissolved in 1920 when it merged with other unions to form the Amalgamated Engineering Union.
Amalgamated Society of South Wales Colliery Workers ASSWCW
Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers ASW
Amalgamated Union of Building Trades Workers AUBTW Formed in 1921. In 1971, merged with the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers to form the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers, Painters and Builders.
Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers AUEW
Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers AUFW
Amalgamated Union of Operative Bakers, Confectioners and Allied Workers of Great Britain and Ireland AUOPCAW Formed in 1914, renamed from the Amalgamated Union of Operative Bakers. In 1964 renamed to become the Bakers' Union, then later the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers' Union.
Amalgamated Union of Woodworkers AUWW
Amalgamated Weavers' Association AWA
Amicus Amicus Formed in 2001 when the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union (AEEU) merged with the Manufacturing, Science and Finance (MSF) union. Merged with the Transport and General Workers, Union (T&G) to form Unite in 2007.
Associated Metalworkers Union AMU
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen ASLEF
Association of Building Technicians ABT Renamed in 1942, from the Association of Architects, Surveyors and Technical Assistants. Merged in 1970 with the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers and the Amalgamated Society of Painters and Decorators, forming the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers and Painters.
Association of Cinematograph, Television and Allied Technicians ACTT
Association of Flight Attendants AFA
Association of Magisterial Officers AMO
Association of Masters and Mistresses AMMA
Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff APEX In 1972 renamed from the Clerical and Administrative Workers' Union. Merged with GMB in 1989.