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The Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants (ASRS) was a trade union of railway workers in the United Kingdom from 1872 until 1913. The ASRS was an industrial union founded in 1871 with the support of the Liberal MP Michael Bass.〔Raynes, 1921, pages 23–24〕 Its early years were difficult. In 1872 the ASRS reported having 17,247 members but by 1882 this had declined to only 6,321.〔Raynes, 1921, page 24〕 In 1880 the ASRS's growth was challenged by the foundation of two railway craft unions: the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen and the United Pointsmen and Signalmen's Society.〔 A fourth union, the General Railway Workers' Union, was founded in 1889.〔 In 1900 the ASRS proposed amalgamation with ASLEF〔Raynes, 1921, page 124〕 but ASLEF proposed federation with the drivers and firemen of the ASRS.〔Raynes, 1921, page 110〕 A Scheme of Federation was drafted and ASLEF's triennial conference adopted it in 1903.〔 There were joint meetings of the Executive Committees of the two unions until 1906 when relations broke down.〔Raynes, 1921, page 125〕 In 1907 the Board of Trade set up a Conciliation Board between railway employees and their employers, but its operation dissatisfied many workers and ASLEF's General Secretary nicknamed it the "Confiscation" Board.〔Raynes, 1921, pages 147–148〕 In August 1911 the ASRS, ASLEF, GRWU and UPSS jointly called the United Kingdom's first national rail strike.〔Raynes, 1921, page 148〕 In only two days the joint action succeeded in forcing the Liberal Government to set up a Royal Commission to examine the workings of the Conciliation Board.〔Raynes, 1921, page 151〕 In 1913 the ASRS, GRWU and UPSS merged, forming the National Union of Railwaymen.〔Raynes, 1921, page 165〕 ==General Secretaries== :1871: George Chapman :1874: Fred W. Evans :1883: Edward Harford :1897: Richard Bell :1909: J. E. Williams 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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