Association of Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians

The Association of Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians (ASSET), was a British trade union, chiefly representing supervisors in the metal working and transport industries. It was formed from the National Foremen's Association, founded in 1918.

Association of Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians
MottoMaintain the Right
Founded1917
Date dissolved1969
Merged intoAssociation of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs
Members50,435 (1967)
JournalAsset
AffiliationTUC, Labour
Key peopleClive Jenkins (Gen Sec)
Office location2-4 Homerton High Street, London
CountryUnited Kingdom

History

In 1929 the National Foremen's Association merged with the Amalgamated Managers' and Foremen's Association, which was active in the mining industry. In 1942 the union changed its name to the Association of Supervisory Staff and Engineering Technicians and in 1946 it changed again to the Association of Supervisory Staff, Executives and Technicians.

In 1969 ASSET merged with the AScW (the Association of Scientific Workers) to form ASTMS (The Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs).

ASSET's final General Secretary was Clive Jenkins.[1]

Election results

The union sponsored Labour Party candidates at two general elections, and both were elected.[2][3]

ElectionConstituencyCandidateVotesPercentagePosition
1964 general electionBirkenheadEdmund Dell23,99457.01
1966 general electionBirkenheadEdmund Dell24,18860.11
1966 general electionFelthamRussell Kerr22,38954.01

General Secretaries
1918: H. W. Reid[4]
1939: Tom W. Agar[4]
1945: Bob Bretherton[4]
1946: Harry Knight[4]
1960: Clive Jenkins[4]

References
  1. "Clive Jenkins". Guardian. 23 September 1999. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  2. Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.158-180
  3. Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Fifth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp.308-330
  4. David Butler, Twentieth-Century British Political Facts, 1900-2000, p.389


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