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The Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners (ASCJ) was a New Model Trade Union in the 1860s in the United Kingdom representing carpenters and joiners.The formation of the Society was spurred by the Stonemason’s strike 1859 which succeeded in winning a nine-hour day. In 1860 a number of small societies formed the Amalgamated. Robert Applegarth was the general secretary from 1862 to 1871.The union also established branches in the United States and in Australia.