Rules, 1967-1974; agreements, 1938-1970; 'The Foundryworkers' Journal' and 'Reports of Annual Delegate Meetings', 1968-1983; other publications of the union, 1968-1970; external publications, some probably inherited from predecessors, 1864-1976; minutes of Chester and Consett branches, 1960-1980.
Additional Council Minutes were deposited in Sep 2014 (Acc.1010).
In 1967 the Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers merged with the Amalgamated Engineering Union and became the foundry section of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering and Foundry Workers. After further mergers with the Constructional Engineering Union and the Draughtsmen and Allied Technicians' Association in 1970 it became the foundry section of the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers.
Reference: H.J. Fyrth and H. Collins, 'The foundry workers, a trade union history (Manchester, 1959).
The reference codes of these records were determined by a superseded catalogue arrangement. The codes are therefore not necessarily in order in the catalogue.
This collection is available to researchers by appointment at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. See http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/using/
Link to full catalogue: http://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/AEF
The archive has been deposited in the Centre on indefinite loan by the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (Foundry Section). The first deposit consisted of fifty shelf feet of records collected from the AUEW office in Manchester by Janet Druker on 24th April 1974. The records with references prefixed MSS.41B were received in the autumn of 1985 shortly before the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (Foundry Section) moved its Manchester offices to new premises in London.
