Description

Admin History:

This union was formed out of the amalgamation in 1873 of some small craft societies in the Midlands and the north who operated a collective bargaining system with employers. It was reconstituted in 1882 as the Amalgamated Slaters of England Provident Society and renamed itself the Amalgamated Slaters and Tilers Provident Society of England and Ireland four years later. In the 20th century the Society had connections with the large amalgamated building workers' unions and the collection contains circulars and correspondence from related organisations such as the National Federation of Building Trades Operatives. It became the Amalgamated Slaters, Tilers and Roofing Operatives Society in 1946 and ceased to exist as an independent trade union in 1969, with its ongoing work transferred to the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers (later the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians).

Description:

This collection contains the papers of the Amalgamated Slaters, Tilers and Roofing Operatives Society (ASTRO), including ASTRO minutes and agendas, reports and balance sheets, and conference papers; handwritten income and expenditure account books kept by the [Hull Branch] of ASTRO; handwritten letter books of the Hull and Southport branches, and subject files relating to national ASTRO operations and activities; a Members' Benefits Book and a membership contribution book for the ASTRO Hull Branch; and copies of the ASTRO Journal (1958-1963), and a copy of the ASTRO Revision of Rules (1958).