National Union of Foundry Workers

The National Union of Foundry Workers (NUFW) was a trade union representing workers in foundries in the United Kingdom.

National Union of Foundry Workers
Merged intoAmalgamated Union of Foundry Workers
Founded1920
Dissolved1946
Headquarters164 Chorlton Road, Manchester
Location
Members
34,665 (1940)[1]
AffiliationsTUC, CSEU, Labour

History

The union was founded in 1920 with the merger of the Associated Iron Moulders of Scotland, the Amalgamated Society of Coremakers of Great Britain and Ireland and the Friendly Society of Iron Founders of England, Ireland and Wales. The Scottish Brassmoulders' Union joined in 1942, and the Associated Iron, Steel and Brass Dressers of Scotland merged in during 1945. In 1946, the union merged with the Ironfounding Workers' Association and the United Metal Founders' Society to form the Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers.[2]

Although many women worked in foundries during and after World War II, the NUFW only admitted men into its membership.[3]

Election results

The union sponsored Arthur Henderson as a Labour Party candidate in several Parliamentary elections.[4]

ElectionConstituencyCandidateVotesPercentagePosition
1922 general electionWidnesArthur Henderson12,89746.82
1923 by-electionNewcastle upon Tyne EastArthur Henderson11,06645.71
1923 general electionNewcastle upon Tyne EastArthur Henderson11,53247.72
1924 by-electionBurnleyArthur Henderson24,57158.41
1924 general electionBurnleyArthur Henderson20,54945.41
1929 general electionBurnleyArthur Henderson28,09146.21
1931 general electionBurnleyArthur Henderson26,91743.02
1933 by-electionClay CrossArthur Henderson21,93169.31

Leadership

General Secretaries

1920: Alfred Todd[5]
1922: James Fulton[5]
1925: Robert Tilling[5]
1934: J. H. Codd[5]
1938: Albert Wilkie[5]
1944: Jim Gardner[5]

Presidents

1920: Tom Chadwick[5]

Assistant General Secretaries

1920: James Fulton[5]
1922: Robert Tilling[5]
1925: J. H. Codd[5]
1934: Robert Smith[5]

Further reading

Hubert Jim Fyrth and Henry Collins, The Foundry Workers: a trade union history

References

  1. Europa: The Encyclopædia of Europe, vol.1, p.116
  2. Archives Hub, "National Union of Foundry Workers"
  3. Jeremy Black, A History of the British Isles, p.310
  4. Parker, James (2017). Trade unions and the political culture of the Labour Party, 1931-1940 (PDF). Exeter: University of Exeter. p. 125.
  5. Fryth, H. J.; Collins, Henry (1950). The Foundry Workers. Manchester: Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers.
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