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The Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) is a Britishtrade union. It was founded in 1880 and is one of the trade unions representing train drivers (the other is the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, [RMT]). Its current general secretary is Keith Norman. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) is a trade union in the United Kingdom which unionises transport workers. ...
It is part of the International Transport Workers' Federation and the European Transport Workers Federation. The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) is a global union federation of transport workers trade unions, founded in 1896. ...
According to the character 'Rik' in BBC TV's the Young Ones, ASLEF is an anagram for 'total and complete bastard'.
Thirty-three locomotiveengineers in the U.S. and Canada were killed in accidents during the 1990s, with six of those deaths occurring just within the last year.
While those who came before us to serve as representatives of locomotiveengineers did not face a challenge on such a massive scale, our problems are fundamentally not very different from those that led to the creation of our great organizations in 1863 and 1880.
I am proud of the association we are creating together, and I am honored and privileged to work shoulder to shoulder with the fine leaders of your union.
The AssociatedSociety of LocomotiveEngineers and Firemen was formed in 1880.
Authority records exist for the AssociatedSociety of LocomotiveEngineers and Firemen (GB 0152 AAR1036) and for Percy Collick (GB 0152 AAR1913).
The Centre also holds the records of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales (MSS.127/AS) and the General Railway Workers' Union (MSS.127/GR), and their successor, the National Union of Railwaymen (MSS.127/NU).
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