Association of Scientific Workers
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.
| Founded | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Date dissolved | 1968 |
| Merged into | Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs |
| Journal | Association of Scientific Workers Journal |
| Affiliation | WFSW, ITUC |
| Office location | 15 Half Moon Street, London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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, 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
Literature
- Roy MacLeod, Kay MacLeod: The Contradictions of Professionalism: Scientists, Trade Unionism and the First World War, in: Social Studies of Science, Vol. 9, No. 1, European Issue (Feb., 1979), pp. 1-32