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Birmingham Trades Council
Birmingham Trades Council is the trades council body which brings together trade unionists from across Birmingham, England. Its headquarters were formerly in Digbeth, with a huge mural above the canteen area depicting the 1972 Battle of Saltley Gate. Secretaries Presidents :1869: Thomas Green :1870: :1871: H. Giles :1874: :1875: C. R. Bowkett :1878: J. Lewis :1880: Allan Grainger :1887: John Valentine Stevens :1889: Alfred Jephcott :1892: C. C. Cooke :1895: Arthur EadesDavid E. Martin, "Eades, Arthur", ''Dictionary of Labour Biography'', vol.II, pp.131–132 :1898: Henry Simpson :1899: Joseph Millington :1902: :1904: W. J. Morgan :1909: :1910: Joseph Kesterton :1912: :1914: E. E. Edwards :1916: G. Stanway :1917: F. W. Rudland :1919: F. E. Willis :1920: A. Shakespeare :1921: A. P. Cassidy :1922: H. G. Johnson :1924: :1929: H. G. Johnson :1933: :1937: C. G. Spragg :1939: Walter Samuel Lewis :1942: Ernest Haynes :1951: Bob Shorthouse :1955: George Varnom :1961: W. E. Jarvis E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trades Council
A labour council, trades council or industrial council is an association of labour unions or union branches in a given area. Most commonly, they represent unions in a given geographical area, whether at the district, city, region, or provincial or state level. They may also be based on a particular industry rather than geographical area, as for example, in the Maritime Council of Australia which co-ordinated the waterfront and maritime unions involved in the 1890 Australian Maritime Dispute. Affiliates of labour councils are trade union branches or locals, and occasionally other labour movement organisations. Citywide or provincial councils may have district or regional labour council affiliates as well as trade unions. Some labour councils restrict their membership to organisations which are affiliated with a particular national trade union federation, such as many state-level labour councils in the United States, which are chartered from the AFL–CIO national confederation. Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alliance Cabinet Makers' Association
The Alliance Cabinet Makers' Association was a trade union representing skilled furniture makers in the United Kingdom. History In 1865, cabinet makers in London went on strike and won a 10% increase in wages. This success inspired them to form the "Alliance Cabinet Makers' Association". This largely followed a craft union model, requiring high contributions from members, and insisting that members only took on apprentices who were closely related to union members. However, the union accepted all workers in the trade into membership, and was able to make high payments to members in need.Arthur Marsh and Victoria Ryan, ''Historical Directory of British Trade Unions'', vol.III, p.318 The union was long associated with radical politics, and it affiliated to the First International in 1866. It was also an early affiliate of the Trades Union Congress. Adam Weiler, a prominent Marxist, was an executive member during the 1870s. In 1875, the London Trades Council encouraged the ass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Organisations Based In Birmingham, West Midlands
An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is an entity—such as a company, an institution, or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose. The word is derived from the Greek word ''organon'', which means tool or instrument, musical instrument, and organ. Types There are a variety of legal types of organizations, including corporations, governments, non-governmental organizations, political organizations, international organizations, armed forces, charities, not-for-profit corporations, partnerships, cooperatives, and educational institutions, etc. A hybrid organization is a body that operates in both the public sector and the private sector simultaneously, fulfilling public duties and developing commercial market activities. A voluntary association is an organization consisting of volunteers. Such organizations may be able to operate without legal formalities, depending on jurisdiction, includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trade Unions Established In 1866
Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market. An early form of trade, barter, saw the direct exchange of goods and services for other goods and services, i.e. trading things without the use of money. Modern traders generally negotiate through a medium of exchange, such as money. As a result, buying can be separated from selling, or earning. The invention of money (and letter of credit, paper money, and non-physical money) greatly simplified and promoted trade. Trade between two traders is called bilateral trade, while trade involving more than two traders is called multilateral trade. In one modern view, trade exists due to specialization and the division of labour, a predominant form of economic activity in which individuals and groups concentrate on a small aspect of production, but use their output in trades for other products and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Jephcott
Alfred Roger Jephcott JP (14 February 1853 – 14 March 1932) was a British engineer, trade unionist and Conservative Party politician from Birmingham. He sat in the House of Commons from 1918 to 1929. Early life and family Jephcott was born in Coventry to working-class parents; his father was Thomas Jephcott. Having moved to Birmingham at an early age, he was educated at St Paul's School in Balsall Heath. In 1884 he married Lucy White, daughter of William White of Birmingham. Career After leaving school, Jephcott took up an apprenticeship as an engineering mechanic. He joined the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and was twice president of the Birmingham Trades Council. He served for a time of the school board and 1895 was elected to Birmingham City Council, of which he was the second-oldest member. He later became an alderman and was appointed in 1904 as a Justice of the Peace (JP) in 1904. Parliament He unsuccessfully contested Paisley at the December 1910 general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Valentine Stevens
John Valentine Stevens (13 March 1852 – 14 August 1925) was a British trade unionist and Lib-Lab politician. Born in Bristol, Stevens completed an apprenticeship as a tinplate worker before moving to Birmingham. In 1874, he joined the Amalgamated Tin Plate Workers of Birmingham, Wolverhampton and District, and was elected as its president in 1880, and then as Secretary in 1886. In this role, he persuaded the various local associations of tinplate workers to unite, forming the National Amalgamated Association of Tin-Plate Workers in 1894. He was elected Secretary of the new union, dominating it until his retirement in 1919.Ted Brake, ''Men of good character: a history of the National Union of Sheet Metal Workers, Coppersmiths, Heating and Domestic Engineers'', p.361 Stevens was elected to Birmingham City Council on its formation in 1889, defeating Austen Chamberlain, retaining his seat as a Liberal-Labour member until 1907. At the 1900 general election, he stood in Birming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amalgamated Engineering Union
The Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU) was a major United Kingdom, British trade union. It merged with the Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union to form the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union in 1992. History The history of the union can be traced back to the formation of the Journeymen Steam Engine, Machine Makers' and Millwrights' Friendly Society, in 1826, popularly known as the "Old Mechanics". They invited a large number of other unions to become part of what became the Amalgamated Society of Engineers (UK), Amalgamated Society of Engineers (ASE).Arthur Marsh and Victoria Ryan, ''Historical Directory of British Trade Unions'', vol.3, pp.12-16 In 1920, the ASE put out a fresh call for other unions to merge with it in a renamed Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU). Seventeen unions balloted their members on a possible merger, and nine voted in favour of amalgamation: * Amalgamated Association of Brass Turners, Fitters, Finishers and Coppersm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Draughtsmen And Allied Technicians' Association
The Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section (TASS) was a British trade union. History The union was founded in 1913 by 200 draughtsmen, as the Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen (AESD). It expanded rapidly, and had more than 14,000 member by the end of the decade. Although it declined during the Great Depression, it retained most of its members by offering unemployment benefit, and by 1939 established a new high of 23,000 members, this rising to 44,000 by the end of World War II and over 75,000 by 1968. From 1960, it accepted technicians in ancillary roles, changing its name to the Draughtsmen's and Allied Technicians' Association (DATA).Peter Armstrong et al, ''White Collar Workers Trade Unions and Class'', pp. 163–164. In 1970, DATA amalgamated with the Amalgamated Union of Engineering and Foundry Workers (AUEFW) and Constructional Engineering Union (CEU) to form the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (AUEW). The former members of DA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amalgamated Society Of Lithographic Printers
The Amalgamated Society of Lithographic Printers (ASLP) was a trade union representing printers and their assistants in the United Kingdom and Ireland. History The Central Association of Lithographic and Copper-Plate Printers' Societies was founded in or before 1860 by local trade unions, in Belfast, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield. Unions in Bradford and Stockport later joined, and in 1879 the Bradford and Manchester unions took the initiative in establishing a new, centralised union. This was the Amalgamated Society of Lithographic Printers and Auxiliaries, based in Manchester. The union initially had about 500 members, but it grew rapidly under the leadership of George Davy Kelley, setting up its own offices in Manchester. The Manchester branch ran the union, with it electing the entire executive until 1914. Membership grew to about 3,500 by 1900, and reached 5,168 in 1915. In 1930, it was further boosted when the Litho Music Printers merged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Eades
Arthur Eades (17 December 1863 – 3 November 1933) was a British trade unionist. Born in Enfield, Eades' father died when he was a young child, following which the family moved to Birmingham. He began working as a half-timer at the age of eight, then later completed an apprenticeship as a cabinet maker. He was also known as a marksman and won numerous prizes for his rifle shooting.David E. Martin, "Eades, Arthur", ''Dictionary of Labour Biography'', vol.II, pp.131–132 In 1888, Eades joined the Alliance Cabinet Makers' Society, and became president of his branch soon after. He was a leading figure in advocating for higher wages, and also represented his union at the Birmingham Trades Council, becoming vice-president in 1893, and then president in 1895. In 1896, he became secretary of his union branch, and in 1898 also secretary of the trades council. In this role he led the organising committee which established the National Committee of Organised Labour for Promoting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trade Union
A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits (such as holiday, health care, and retirement), improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of employees (rules governing promotions, just-cause conditions for termination) and protecting the integrity of their trade through the increased bargaining power wielded by solidarity among workers. Trade unions typically fund their head office and legal team functions through regularly imposed fees called ''union dues''. The delegate staff of the trade union representation in the workforce are usually made up of workplace volunteers who are often appointed by members in democratic elections. The trade union, through an elected leadership and bargaining committee, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typographical Association
The Typographical Association (TA) was a trade union representing typographers in the United Kingdom and Ireland. History The National Typographical Association collapsed in 1848, and delegates from across Yorkshire and Lancashire met at Angel Street in Sheffield to found the Provincial Typographical Association, intended to recreate the former Northern Typographical Union and to focus on paying benefits to members on strike. The union grew gradually from 481 members at the end of 1849 to 5,300 in 1877. In that year, it merged with a related relief association and dropped "Provincial" from its title. Based in Manchester, the union focussed on demanding members serve a seven-year apprenticeship. In 1894, it began admitting women. In the 1910s, the Association established a branch in London, but the Trades Union Congress instituted arbitration which restricted it from a fifteen-mile radius of central London, the rival London Society of Compositors having rights to organise i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
