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George Brumwell
George Brent Brumwell (22 October 1939 – 8 November 2005) was a British Trade Union, trade unionist. He was General Secretary of the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (UCATT) from 1991 to 2004. Brumwell was born in Hartlepool, and was apprenticed as a joiner to the local shipbuilding firm of William Gray before moving into the construction industry. He joined the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers, and became a full-time district official in Sheffield in 1971, the year that it joined the amalgamated organisation of UCATT. In 1974 he became the regional secretary in Leeds, and from 1984 represented the Midlands and Yorkshire on the union's executive council. His term as General Secretary was noted for increasing the membership and saving the union from division and financial chaos. He served on a number of construction industry bodies and on the Health and Safety Commission. He initiated and chaired the Construction Skills Certification Scheme and helped to n ...
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Brumwell
Brumwell is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *George Brumwell (1939 – 2005), British trade unionist *Murray Brumwell (born 1960), Canadian ice hockey player * Phil Brumwell (born 1975), English footballer *Su Brumwell, British architect and founding member of Team 4 Team 4 was a British architectural firm, established in 1963 by architecture graduates Su Brumwell, Wendy Cheesman, Norman Foster and Richard Rogers. Friction emerged within the firm, and by June 1967, Foster and Rogers decided to dissolve the ...
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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, ...
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General Secretary
Secretary is a title often used in organizations to indicate a person having a certain amount of authority, power, or importance in the organization. Secretaries announce important events and communicate to the organization. The term is derived from the Latin word , "to distinguish" or "to set apart", the passive participle () meaning "having been set apart", with the eventual connotation of something private or confidential, as with the English word ''secret.'' A was a person, therefore, overseeing business confidentially, usually for a powerful individual (a king, pope, etc.). The official title of the leader of most communist and socialist political parties is the "General Secretary of the Central Committee" or "First Secretary of the Central Committee". When a communist party is in power, the general secretary is usually the country's ''de facto'' leader (though sometimes this leader also holds state-level positions to monopolize power, such as a presidency or premiership ...
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Union Of Construction, Allied Trades And Technicians
The Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (UCATT) was a British and Irish trade union, operating in the construction industry. It was founded in 1971, and merged into Unite on 1 January 2017. It was affiliated to the Trades Union Congress and the Labour Party, as well as to the Building and Wood Workers' International and the EFBWW, European Federation of Building and Wood Workers. History Formation UCATT was formed in 1971 following the merger of the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers (AUBTW), the Association of Building Technicians and the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers and Decorators, which had itself been founded the previous year from a merger of the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers (ASW) and the Amalgamated Society of Painters and Decorators (ASPD). The merged union was initially known as the ''Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers, Painters and Builders'', but changed its name later in the year. Its first general secretary was Sir George ...
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Hartlepool
Hartlepool () is a seaside and port town in County Durham, England. It is the largest settlement and administrative centre of the Borough of Hartlepool. With an estimated population of 90,123, it is the second-largest settlement in County Durham. Hartlepool is locally administrated by Hartlepool Borough Council, a unitary authority which also administrates outlying villages of Seaton Carew, Greatham, Hart Village, Dalton Piercy and Elwick. Hartlepool was founded in the 7th century, around the monastery of Hartlepool Abbey. The village grew in the Middle Ages and its harbour served as the official port of the County Palatine of Durham. After a railway link from the north was established from the South Durham coal fields, an additional link from the south, in 1835, together with a new port, resulted in further expansion, with the new town of West Hartlepool. Industrialisation in northern England and the start of a shipbuilding industry in the later part of the 19t ...
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Joiner
A joiner is an artisan and tradesperson who builds things by joining pieces of wood, particularly lighter and more ornamental work than that done by a carpenter, including furniture and the "fittings" of a house, ship, etc. Joiners may work in a workshop, because the formation of various joints is made easier by the use of non-portable, powered machinery, or on job site. A joiner usually produces items such as interior and exterior doors, windows, stairs, tables, bookshelves, cabinets, furniture, etc. In shipbuilding a ''marine joiner'' may work with materials other than wood such as linoleum, fibreglass, hardware, and gaskets. The terms ''joinery'' and ''joiner'' are in common use in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. The term is not in common use in North America, although the main trade union for American carpenters is called the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. In the UK, an apprentice of wood occupations could choose to study ''bench joinery'' or ...
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Amalgamated Society Of Woodworkers
The Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers (ASW) was a British trade union representing carpenters, joiners and allied trades. The ASW was formed in 1921 by the amalgamation of two smaller unions. It was itself merged into the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians in 1971. History The ASW was formed in 1921 through the merger of two rival unions: the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters, Cabinetmakers and Joiners and the General Union of Carpenters and Joiners. The ASW had 176,000 members by 1945, making it the seventh largest union in Britain. Its membership rose to 198,000 by 1956. In 1965, the National Union of Packing Case Makers (Wood and Tin), Box Makers, Sawyers and Mill Workers merged into the ASW. On 1 July 1970 the ASW was merged with Amalgamated Society of Painters and Decorators and the Association of Building Technicians to form the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers and Painters. One year later the new union was itself merged with Amalgamated Union o ...
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Health And Safety Commission
The Health and Safety Commission (HSC) was a United Kingdom non-departmental public body. The HSC was created by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HSWA). It was formally established on 31 July 1974. The Commission consisted of a chairman and between six and nine other people, appointed by the Secretary of State for Employment, latterly the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, after consultation. The first meeting of the HSC took place on 1 October 1974. Its responsibilities covered England and Wales and Scotland. In Northern Ireland, its functions were carried out by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland. It merged with the Health and Safety Executive on 1 April 2008. Functions The Commission's duties were to: *Assist and encourage persons concerned with matters relevant to the operation of the objectives of the HSWA; *Make arrangements for and encourage research and publication, training and information in connection with its work; *Make arrangeme ...
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Construction Skills Certification Scheme
The Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) is a British company that runs a training and qualification verification scheme of the same name for the British construction industry. CSCS is the leading skills certification scheme within the UK construction industry and CSCS cards provide proof that individuals working on construction sites have the appropriate training and qualifications for the job they do on site. By ensuring the workforce are appropriately qualified the card plays its part in improving standards and safety on UK construction sites. Holding a CSCS card is not a legislative requirement. It is entirely up to the principal contractor or client whether workers are required to hold a card before they are allowed on site. However, most principal contractors and major house builders require construction workers on their sites to hold a valid card. History The Construction Skills Certification Scheme was founded as a limited company on 21 February 1995. It issue ...
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Metropolitan Borough Of Doncaster
The City of Doncaster is a metropolitan borough with city status in South Yorkshire, England. It is named after its principal settlement, Doncaster, and includes the surrounding suburbs of Doncaster as well as numerous towns and villages. The district has large amounts of countryside. At 219 sq miles, it is the largest metropolitan borough by area in England. The largest settlement in the borough are Doncaster itself, followed by the towns of Thorne, Hatfield and Mexborough (the latter of which is part of the Barnsley/Dearne Valley built-up area), and it additionally covers the towns of Conisbrough, Stainforth, Bawtry, Askern, Edlington and Tickhill. Doncaster borders the Selby district of North Yorkshire to the north, the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north-east, North Lincolnshire to the east, Bassetlaw in Nottinghamshire to the south-east, Rotherham to the south-west, Barnsley to the west, and Wakefield, West Yorkshire, to the north-west. It is part of the Yorkshire ...
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Albert Williams (trade Unionist)
Albert Williams (12 February 1927 – 28 November 2007) was a British trade unionist. Born in Stockport, Williams left school at the age of fourteen and completed an apprenticeship as a bricklayer with the Manchester Corporation. During World War II, he served in India and South East Asia, remaining in the forces until 1948. He then returned to Manchester, finding work as a bricklayer, and joined both the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers (AUBTW) and the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB).Jim Jump,Albert Williams: Quick-witted trade union leader, ''The Independent'', 12 December 2007 Williams became known as a militant trade union activist, becoming a branch secretary and a regional delegate in quick succession, and was elected to the AUBTW's executive council in 1958. He was the union's youngest ever executive council member, and this despite the union's right-wing leadership. In 1959, Williams was elected to the national executive of the CPGB, serving o ...
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Alan Ritchie
Alan Ritchie (born 1951Gary Daniels and John McIlroy, ''Trade Unions in a Neoliberal World'') is a former Scottish trade unionist. Ritchie left school at the age of fifteen, and became a joiner in a shipyard in Glasgow. He joined the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers, which subsequently became part of the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (UCATT). In 1971, he was prominent in the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders work-in, which attempted to save the shipyards.Mike Berry,Personnel Today interviews… Alan Ritchie, general secretary, Ucatt, ''Personnel Today'', 21 May 2007 Ritchie became active in the Scottish Trades Union Congress, chairing its Youth Advisory Committee, and took a number of full-time positions in UCATT, becoming its Scottish regional secretary in 1991. In 2004, he was elected as the union's general secretary, easily beating Michael Dooley. As general secretary, Ritchie led the group of trade unionists working on the 2012 Olympic Games construction ...
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