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The Association of Scientific Workers (AScW) was a trade union in the UK. It was founded as the National Union of Scientific Workers in 1918, changing its name to the Association of Scientific Workers in 1927. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...


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 logo of the NHS for England. ... A scientist is a man who is an expert in at least one area of science and who uses the scientific method to do research. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...


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) ASSET - The Association of Supervisory Staff, Executives and Technicians ASSET, the British trade union, chiefly representing supervisors in metal working and transport. ... ASTMS - The Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs ASTMS, the British trade union, was created in 1969 when ASSET (the Association of Supervisory Staff, Executives and Technicians) merged with the AScW (the Association of Scientific Workers) under the leadership of joint general secretaries: Clive Jenkins of ASSET and John...


External link

  • Amicus - the successor union website


 
 

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