changed in 1993 to the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL). ATL affiliated to the TUC in 1999. It resigned from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions in 2015. In January 2011, the Association for College Management merged into ATL. Annual Conferences from 2009 2009 Liverpool 2010 Manchester 2011 Liverpool 2012 Manchester 2013 Liverpool 2014 Manchester 2015 Liverpool 2016 Liverpool General Secretaries from 1978 1978: Andrew Hutchings and Joyce Baird 1979: Geoff Beynon and Joyce Baird 1988: Peter Smith and Joyce Baird 1990: Peter Smith 2003: Mary Bousted See also Education in the United Kingdom References External links Catalogue of the AMMA archives held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick Catalogue of the Association of Assistant Mistresses archives, held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick Trade unions in the United Kingdom Education trade unions 1978 establishments in the United Kingdom Trade unions established in 1978 Teacher associations based in the United Kingdom 2017 disestablishments in the United Kingdom Trade unions disestablished in 2017 Trade unions based in London