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Brian Nicholson
Brian Gerald Nicholson (9 May 1933 – 20 January 2018) was a British trade unionist. Nicholson grew up in the East End of London, and worked as a docker. He joined the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU), and by 1968 was a member of the executive of its No.1 Docks Group. In this role, he was a vocal opponent of racism and fascism, speaking out in particular against the support of some dockers for Enoch Powell. This theme was prominent in his 1974 pamphlet, ''Racialism, Fascism and the Trade Unions''. By 1972, Nicholson was a member of TGWU's executive, regarded as being on the left wing of the union, and a vice-chair of the Institute for Workers' Control. In 1975, Nicholson advocated industrial action against containerisation at Tilbury Docks. A strike took place, but it was poorly organised and supported, and after unions members voted to return to work without gaining any concesions, Nicholson accepted the decision. During the strike, Nicholson secretly passed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British People
British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, are the citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.: British nationality law governs modern British citizenship and nationality, which can be acquired, for instance, by descent from British nationals. When used in a historical context, "British" or "Britons" can refer to the Ancient Britons, the indigenous inhabitants of Great Britain and Brittany, whose surviving members are the modern Welsh people, Cornish people, and Bretons. It also refers to citizens of the former British Empire, who settled in the country prior to 1973, and hold neither UK citizenship nor nationality. Though early assertions of being British date from the Late Middle Ages, the Union of the Crowns in 1603 and the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707 triggered a sense of British national identity.. The notion of Britishness and a shared Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Council Of The Trades Union Congress
The General Council of the Trades Union Congress is an elected body which is responsible for carrying out the policies agreed at the annual British Trade Union Congresses (TUC). Organisation The council has 56 members, all of whom must be proposed by one of the unions affiliated to the TUC. Unions with more members receive an automatic allocation of seats, in proportion to their membership. Smaller unions propose candidates for eleven elected seats. In addition, there are separately elected seats: four for women, three for black workers, at least one of whom must be a woman, and one each for young workers, workers with disabilities, and LGBT workers. The General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress, General Secretary also has a seat on the council.Trades Union Congress,General Council and TUC structure Some members of the council are further elected to serve on the smaller Executive Committee of the TUC. The President of the Trades Union Congress is also chosen by the General ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Deaths
This is a list of deaths of notable people, organised by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked here. 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 See also * Lists of deaths by day The following pages, corresponding to the Gregorian calendar, list the historical events, births, deaths, and holidays and observances of the specified day of the year: Footnotes See also * Leap year * List of calendars * List of non-standard ... * Deaths by year {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1932 Births
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Hagger
Peter Hagger (17 April 1944 – 26 February 1995) was a British trade unionist. Born in London, Hagger became a computer engineer, but in 1969 instead became a taxi driver. He joined the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU), becoming prominent in its Cab Section. By the end of the 1970s, he was Chair of the Region 1 Cab Trade Committee, and in 1980 he was elected to the union's General Executive Council. In this role, he devised an index which was later adopted by the Department of Transport to calculate annual increases in taxi fares. During his time at the he also wrote a document called ''a National Framework for Taxis'', which was referred to in the parliamentary debate around the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998. Hagger was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, then of the Communist Campaign Group, and its successor, the Communist Party of Britain. Hagger won election to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress The General Council o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Grieve
Charles Douglas Grieve (27 April 1927 – December 1996) was a Scottish trade unionist. Born in Partick, Grieve worked at the Mitchell factory in Glasgow. He joined the Tobacco Workers' Union (TWU), and was appointed to the joint post of national organiser and financial secretary. In October 1969, he succeeded Charles Butler as the union's general secretary. In 1973, Grieve was elected to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC),Trades Union Congress, "Obituary: Doug Grieve", ''Annual Report of the 1996 Trades Union Congress'' on which he was part of a left-wing group, including Rodney Bickerstaffe, Ken Cameron, Bill Keys, Alan Sapper and Jim Slater. In 1981, he won election as chair of the Trades Councils Joint Consultative Committee, while, in 1983, he was expected to win election as President of the TUC, but the General Council was reorganised that year, and he lost his seat. With the decline in tobacco-related employment in the UK, Grieve negotiated the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Dock Labour Board
The National Dock Labour Board (NDLB), which administered the National Dock Labour Scheme, was an administrative board for the operation of British docks. Creation of National Dock Labour Board In 1947, Parliament introduced the "Dock Workers’ (Regulation of Employment) Scheme". The scheme was administered by the National Dock Labour Board, and by local boards, made up of equal numbers of "persons representing dock workers in the port and of persons representing the employers of such dockworkers", the scheme was financed by a levy on the employers. Each local board was responsible for keeping a register of employers and workers, paying wages and attendance money, controlling the hiring of labour, and responsibility for discipline. Reasons for creation The scheme was introduced by the Labour government in response to the Dock Strike of 1945. The strike was a rank-and-file protest for an increase in basic pay, and was not officially supported by the Transport and General Worker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Duffy
Daniel Duffy (3 October 1929 – 16 March 2004) was a Scottish trade unionist, who served as chair of the Transport and General Workers' Union, and on the General Council of the Trades Union Congress. Duffy grew up in Glasgow, and attended St Mungo's Academy. In 1947, he began working as a driver, and he joined the Scottish Horse and Motormen's Association. He gradually rose to prominence in the union, winning election to its executive council in 1960, and serving as the union's president from 1969. In 1971, the Scottish Motormen became part of the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU), and Duffy was elected to the TGWU's executive council. In 1988, he was elected as the chair of the TGWU, and that year he also won election to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress. In 1992, he stood down from the General Council, and instead won election to the National Executive Committee National Executive Committee is the name of a leadership body in several organizatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Greendale
Walter Greendale (10 December 1930 – 12 September 2012) was a British trade unionist and politician. Born in Kingston-upon-Hull, Greendale became a docker, and took evening classes with the University of Hull. He joined the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU), and sat on the unofficial Joint Shop Stewards' Committee, through which he became an ally of Jack Jones.Walter Greendale: Trade unionist who successfully sued 'The Sun' , '''', 28 November 2012 In 1970, Greendale was elected to the National Executive of the TGWU, in which role he sought to help th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East End Of London
The East End of London, often referred to within the London area simply as the East End, is the historic core of wider East London, east of the Roman and medieval walls of the City of London and north of the River Thames. It does not have universally accepted boundaries to the north and east, though the River Lea is sometimes seen as the eastern boundary. Parts of it may be regarded as lying within Central London (though that term too has no precise definition). The term "East of Aldgate Pump" is sometimes used as a synonym for the area. The East End began to emerge in the Middle Ages with initially slow urban growth outside the eastern walls, which later accelerated, especially in the 19th century, to absorb pre-existing settlements. The first known written record of the East End as a distinct entity, as opposed to its component parts, comes from John Strype's 1720 ''Survey of London'', which describes London as consisting of four parts: the City of London, Westminster, So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Docks
London Docklands is the riverfront and former docks in London. It is located in inner east and southeast London, in the boroughs of Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Lewisham, Newham, and Greenwich. The docks were formerly part of the Port of London, at one time the world's largest port. After the docks closed, the area had become derelict and poverty-ridden by the 1980s. The Docklands' regeneration began later that decade; it has been redeveloped principally for commercial and residential use. The name "London Docklands" was used for the first time in a government report on redevelopment plans in 1971 and has since been almost universally adopted. The redevelopment created wealth, but also led to some conflict between the new and old communities in the area. Case Study - Inner City Redevelopment - London's Docklands - Internet Geography Establishment In Roman and medieval times, ships arriving in the River Thames tended to dock at small quays in the present-day City of Londo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tilbury Docks
The Port of Tilbury is a port on the River Thames at Tilbury in Essex, England. It is the principal port for London, as well as being the main United Kingdom port for handling the importation of paper. There are extensive facilities for containers, grain, and other bulk cargoes. There are also facilities for the importation of cars. It forms part of the wider Port of London. Geography The Port of Tilbury lies on the north shore of the River Thames, downstream of London Bridge, at a point where the river makes a loop southwards, and where its width narrows to . The loop is part of the Thames lower reaches: within the meander was a huge area of marshland. Gravesend on the opposite shore had long been a port of entry for shipping, all of which had used the river itself for loading and unloading of cargo and passengers. There was also a naval dockyard at Northfleet at the mouth of the Ebbsfleet River. The new deepwater docks were an extension of all that maritime activity. The o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
