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Eric Nevin
Eric Nevin (died 21 August 2009) was a British trade union leader. Born in Waterloo, Merseyside, Nevin studied at St Mary's College, Crosby, on '' HMS Conway'', and at Liverpool Technical College. He served in the Merchant Navy from 1948, and became a master seaman in 1957. Nevin joined the Merchant Navy and Airline Officers' Association (MNAOA) and began working full-time for the union in 1959, initially as an assistant district secretary in Liverpool, but two years later he was promoted to become a national secretary. He rose to become assistant general secretary in 1971, and then in 1974 was elected as the union's general secretary. As the leader of the union, Nevin set up the J. W. Slater Memorial Fund, in memory of his predecessor, and he served on a large number of external bodies. From 1985, this included the General Council of the Trades Union Congress. He organised a merger between the MNAOA and two smaller unions, forming the National Union of Marine, Aviation and ... [...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] |
Waterloo, Merseyside
Waterloo is an area of the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, in Merseyside, England. Along with Seaforth, Merseyside, Seaforth the two localities make up the Church (Sefton ward), Sefton Ward of Church. The area is bordered by Crosby, Merseyside, Crosby to the north, Seaforth to the south, the Rimrose Valley country park to the east, and to the west the Crosby Beach and Crosby Coastal Park. Crosby Beach begins in Waterloo at the Crosby Marine Park and stretches 3 miles up to Hightown, Merseyside, Hightown and is the location of Antony Gormley's ''Another Place (sculpture), Another Place''. Waterloo is home to The Plaza Community Cinema, an award-winning volunteer ran cinema and host of local community public events. The area is connected to Liverpool in the south and Southport to the north by Merseyrail Northern Line (Merseyrail), Northern line at Waterloo (Merseyside) railway station, Waterloo railway station. History Waterloo was Historic counties of England, historically part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Mary's College, Crosby
St Mary's College is an independent Roman Catholic coeducational day school in Crosby, Merseyside, about north of Liverpool. It comprises an early years department "Bright Sparks" (age 4 and under), preparatory school known as "The Mount" (age 4-11) and secondary school with a 6th Form (age 11-18). It was formerly a direct grant grammar school for boys, founded and controlled by the Christian Brothers order. Notable alumni include John Birt, Roger McGough, Tony Booth and Cardinal Vincent Nichols. Founding and affiliation The college was established as a boys' school in 1919 by the Irish Christian Brothers, a clerical order founded by Blessed Edmund Rice in the early nineteenth century. The college became a direct grant grammar school in 1946 as a result of the 1944 Education Act. Post-war alumni describe ''"a heavy emphasis on rote learning and testing, underpinned by the brutal punishment that the Christian Brothers favoured"'', ''"the carrot-and-stick method—without th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Conway (school Ship)
HMS ''Conway'' was a naval training school or "school ship", founded in 1859 and housed for most of her life aboard a 19th-century wooden ship of the line. The ship was originally stationed on the Mersey near Liverpool, then moved to the Menai Strait during World War II. While being towed back to Birkenhead for a refit in 1953, she ran aground and was wrecked, and later burned. The school moved to purpose-built premises on Anglesey where it continued for another twenty years. Origins In the mid-19th century, the demand for a reliable standard of merchant navy officers had grown to the point where ship owners decided to set up an organisation to train, and indeed educate, them properly—the Mercantile Marine Service Association. One of the first sites chosen for a school ship was Liverpool, in 1857. The ship they chose to accommodate the school, to be provided by the Admiralty and moored in the Sloyne, off Rock Ferry on the River Mersey, was the corvette HMS ''Conway'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool Technical College
The College of Technology and Museum Extension in Byrom Street, Liverpool, England, was built between 1896 and 1901, the architect was Edward William Mountford. The building was constructed to provide a new College of Technology and an extension to the museum. The college occupied the lower levels and the museum the upper levels. Bomb damage led to some reconstruction work in the 1960s. The building is Grade II* listed. The lower levels were taken over by Liverpool Polytechnic and its successor Liverpool John Moores University. Initially, they held the engineering department but were subsequently split between the Sports Science and Computing Services departments, being home to the University's DEC and VAX computers. More recently, during the transformation of Liverpool Museum into World Museum Liverpool, the museum acquired the remainder of the building which now houses its research department. See also Architecture of Liverpool The architecture of Liverpool is r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Master Seaman
Master sailor, formerly Master seaman,Government of Canada. D Cdts. National Defence. "''Cadet Instructor Cadre - Basic Officer Qualification Course - Programmed Instructional Package''". 2006. Chapter 2, Annex A, "''Abbreviations for Titles and Appointments''". p.33. Accessed 23 Dec 2007. . (6.81 MB). Notes:Press "Ctrl + f" to search for "Master Seaman" or ''matelot-chef (matc)'' in French, is a non-commissioned member rank of the Royal Canadian Navy, which is between sailor first class and petty officer 2nd class. Technically, the rank is actually an appointment, with appointees holding the rank of sailor first class. If demoted, a master sailor will become an sailor second class or sailor first class depending on seniority. However, the process to be appointed is very similar to that of a promotion, and holding the appointment of master seaman is a prerequisite to promotion to PO2. A contributing factor to the confusion of 'appointment' vs 'promotion' is that when promoted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merchant Navy And Airline Officers' Association
{{Infobox union , name = Merchant Navy and Airline Officers' Association , image = , founded = 1956 , predecessor = , successor = , dissolved = 1985 , merged = National Union of Marine, Aviation and Shipping Transport Officers , members = 34,650 (1980){{cite book, last1=Eaton, first1=Jack, last2=Gill, first2=Colin, title=The Trade Union Directory, date=1981, publisher=Pluto Press, location=London, isbn=0861043502, pages=47–48 , publication = ''The Telegraph'' , location_country= United Kingdom , affiliation = TUC, BSJC, ITF, IMMOA , key_people = , headquarters = Oceanair House, High Road, Leytonstone , footnotes = The Merchant Navy and Airline Officers' Association (MNAOA) was a trade union representing officers in the United Kingdom. The origins of the union lay in 1921, when Captain W. H. Coombes founded the Navigators and General Insurance Company Ltd. It offered insurance for officers in the merchant navy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.24 million. On the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, Liverpool historically lay within the ancient hundred of West Derby in the county of Lancashire. It became a borough in 1207, a city in 1880, and a county borough independent of the newly-created Lancashire County Council in 1889. Its growth as a major port was paralleled by the expansion of the city throughout the Industrial Revolution. Along with general cargo, freight, and raw materials such as coal and cotton, merchants were involved in the slave trade. In the 19th century, Liverpool was a major port of departure for English and Irish emigrants to North America. It was also home to both the Cunard and White Star Lines, and was the port of registry of the ocean li ... [...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] |
National Union Of Marine, Aviation And Shipping Transport Officers
The National Union of Marine, Aviation and Shipping Transport Officers (NUMAST) was a trade union representing seafarers and allied workers, based in the United Kingdom. History Nautilus traces its roots back more than 150 years, when the Mercantile Marine Service Association was founded in 1857 in response to the harsh laws of the 1850 Merchant Shipping Act. In 1936, the MMSA merged with the Imperial Merchant Service Guild and retained its name. Six years later, it became a member of the Officers’ Federation, which was established in 1928 in an attempt to foster cooperation between all the organisations representing British and Commonwealth officers. Meanwhile, the Association of Wireless Telegraphists was established in 1912 in response to the growing use of telegraphy at sea. Mergers and name changes down the years culminated in the formation of the Radio and Electronic Officers' Union (REOU) in 1967. Representation for ships' engineers began in the late 19th century, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Slater (trade Unionist)
John William Slater (3 May 1920 – 24 April 1974) was a British trade unionist. He served on the General Council of the Trades Union Congress and has been memorialised by a fund set up in his name. Slater was born in Shetland, Scotland, and joined the Merchant Navy and the National Union of Seamen, serving during World War II. In 1943, he obtained a master mariner's certificate and became a navigating officer, transferring to the Merchant Navy and Airline Officers' Association (MNAOA). He began working full-time for the union as its London officer in 1954, then served consecutively as its national secretary and assistant general secretary. In 1971, Slater was elected as General Secretary of the MNAOA. This led him to greater international prominence, serving with the International Transport Workers' Federation and attended conferences of the International Labour Organization. In 1972, he was elected to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress, and he also chaired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
