Trade unions

Full Name	Short Name	Notes
Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs	ASTMS
Association of Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians	ASSET	Formed in 1946 when the Association of Supervisory Staff and Engineering Technicians renamed. In 1969, merged with the the Association of Scientific Workers to form the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs.
Association of Teachers and Lecturers	ATL
Association of Teachers at Technical Institutes	ATTI
Association of Textile Workers	ATW
Association of University Teachers	AUT	Formed 1909. Merged with National Association of Teachers in Further and Higher Education in 2006 to form the University and College Union.
Ayrshire Miners' Union	AMU
Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union	BFAWU
Banking Insurance and Finance Union	BIFU
Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders' Society	BISSS
Bolton and District Powerloom Overlookers Association	BDPOA
Bolton Building Trades Federation	BBTF
British Actors Equity Association	BAEA
British Air Line Pilots Association	BALPA
British Association of Colliery Management Technical, Energy and Administrative Management	BACM-Team
British Dietetic Association	BDA
British Iron, Steel and Kindred Trades Association	BISAKTA
British Orthoptic Society	BOS
British Steel Smelters, Mill, Iron, Tinplate and Kindred Trades Association	BSSMITKTA
Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union	BECTU
Card Setting Machine Tenters Society	CSMTS
Ceramic and Allied Trades Union	CATU
Chainmakers and Strikers' Association	CSA
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy	CSP
Chemical Workers' Union	ChWU