The Assistant Masters' Association (AAM) was a trade union representing male teachers in British secondary schools.
Merged into | Assistant Masters' and Mistresses' Association |
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Founded | 1891 |
Dissolved | 1978 |
Headquarters | 29 Gordon Square, London |
Location |
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Members | 40,000 (1978) |
Publication | The Journal of the Assistant Masters' Association |
Affiliations | WCOTP |
The union was founded in 1891 as the Incorporated Association of Assistant Masters in Secondary Schools, although it soon became the "Assistant Masters' Association", a counterpart to the Association of Assistant Mistresses (AAM). Philip Edgar Martineau was one of the founders of the association.[1] Membership of the union grew steadily, reaching 3,259 in 1910, and about 40,000 by 1978.[2]
From 1978, single-sex trade unions were prohibited, and the AMA accordingly merged with the AAM, forming the Assistant Masters' and Mistresses' Association.[2]
General Secretaries edit
- 1901: C. J. C. Mackness
- 1902: W. H. D. Rouse
- 1906: J. G. Lamb
- 1921: George Dixon Dunkerley[3]
- 1939: Andrew Hutchings[3]
References edit
- ^ The A.M.A.: The Journal of the Incorporated Association of Assistant Masters of Secondary School. University of Ilinios. 1939. p. 142. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
Philip Edgar Martineau , one of the founders of the Association , who collapsed and died on March 10th while staying at Weston - super - Mare . Mr. Martineau was in his early days a master at Wellesbourne House School , Birmingham , and ...
- ^ a b Marsh, Arthur; Ryan, Victoria (1980). Historical Directory of Trade Unions. Vol. 1. Farnborough: Gower. pp. 8–9. ISBN 0566021609.
- ^ a b Walker, Geoffrey (1995). Conditions of service for secondary schoolmasters in England and Wales, 1891-1951, with special reference to the work of the Assistant Masters' Association (PDF). Retrieved 6 July 2018.