Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers
# Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers

The Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers (AUFW) was a trade union representing workers in foundries in the United Kingdom.

The union was founded in 1946 with the merger of the National Union of Foundry Workers, the Ironfounding Workers' Association and the United Metal Founders' Society. In 1962, the North of England Brass, Aluminium, Bronze and Kindred Alloys Moulders' Trade and Friendly Society merged into the AUF, and the Amalgamated Moulders and Kindred Industries Trades Union joined in 1967. Later that year, the union merged with the Amalgamated Engineering Union to form the Amalgamated Union of Engineering and Foundry Workers, acting as the foundry section of the new union. At this point, the union had around 72,000 members.

## Election results

The union sponsored Roland Casasola as a Labour Party candidate in two Parliamentary elections.

| Election | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Position |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1950 general election | Manchester Moss Side | Roland Casasola | 16,769 | 37.5 | 2 |
| 1951 general election | Blackburn West | Roland Casasola | 16,996 | 46.3 | 2 |

## Leadership

### General Secretaries

    1946: Jim Gardner
    1958: Tommy Graham
    1960: David Lambert

### Presidents

    1946: Bill Wallace
    1947: Archibald MacDougall
    1954: Roland Casasola
    1958: Fred Hollingsworth

### Assistant General Secretaries

    1946: Tom Colvin
    1958: Tommy Graham
    1958: David Lambert
    1960:
