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James Crawford (trade Unionist)
James Crawford (1 August 1896 – 15 July 1982) was a Scottish trade unionist. Crawford attended Carrick Academy in Maybole before serving in World War I, with both the Highland Light Infantry, and the Cameronians. He joined the Labour Party, serving on Glasgow City Council from 1930 until 1938. At the 1935 United Kingdom general election, he stood unsuccessfully in Kilmarnock.Crawford, James , '''' Crawford was active in the (NUBSO), and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish People
The Scots ( sco, Scots Fowk; gd, Albannaich) are an ethnic group and nation native to Scotland. Historically, they emerged in the early Middle Ages from an amalgamation of two Celtic-speaking peoples, the Picts and Gaels, who founded the Kingdom of Scotland (or ''Alba'') in the 9th century. In the following two centuries, the Celtic-speaking Cumbrians of Strathclyde and the Germanic-speaking Angles of north Northumbria became part of Scotland. In the High Middle Ages, during the 12th-century Davidian Revolution, small numbers of Norman nobles migrated to the Lowlands. In the 13th century, the Norse-Gaels of the Western Isles became part of Scotland, followed by the Norse of the Northern Isles in the 15th century. In modern usage, "Scottish people" or "Scots" refers to anyone whose linguistic, cultural, family ancestral or genetic origins are from Scotland. The Latin word ''Scoti'' originally referred to the Gaels, but came to describe all inhabitants of Scotland. Cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Productivity Council
The British Productivity Council (BPC) was a body that aimed to increase Britain's industrial efficiency. It was formed in 1953 and superseded the Anglo-American Council on Productivity (AACP), which was formed in 1948 and dissolved in 1952. Until 1973, it was funded by the UK government before it was reorganised into smaller Local Productivity Associations and renamed as the British Council of Productivity Associations. The Council was dissolved in 1999. History The AACP operated from August 1948 to June 1952, with a budget of a million pounds, two-thirds of which was provided by the Marshall Plan. The AACP was made of twenty members, twelve British and eight American, meeting in a joint session roughly once a year. British members were drawn from the Trades Union Congress, the Federation of British Industries and the British Employers' Confederation. The AACP commissioned hundreds of reports and ''We Too Can Prosper'', a popular book on productivity by economist David Graham Hutton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1896 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wilhelm Röntgen has discovered a type of radiation (later known as X-rays). * January 6 – Cecil Rhodes is forced to resign as Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope, for his involvement in the Jameson Raid. * January 7 – American culinary expert Fannie Farmer publishes her first cookbook. * January 12 – H. L. Smith takes the first X-ray photograph. * January 17 – Fourth Anglo-Ashanti War: British redcoats enter the Ashanti capital, Kumasi, and Asantehene Agyeman Prempeh I is deposed. * January 18 – The X-ray machine is exhibited for the first time. * January 28 – Walter Arnold, of East Peckham, Kent, England, is fined 1 shilling for speeding at (exceeding the contemporary speed limit of , the first spee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Shoe And Leather Workers' Federation
The International Federation of Boot and Shoe Operatives and Leather Workers was a global union federation representing unions of shoemakers and leather workers, principally in Europe. History An International Federation of Boot and Shoe Operatives was founded in 1889 in Paris, while the International Workers Congress was underway. It was headquartered in Zurich, and led by a secretary named Martens. It achieved an agreement between unions in several countries that shoemakers who travelled to another country would have their membership benefits honoured, and some support was given to major industrial actions. But most of the member unions took little interest in the federation. It was moribund from 1897, and dissolved in 1900. In 1907, a conference in Stuttgart agreed to establish a new federation of the same name. Led by Josef Simon, it was based in Nuremberg. In 1919, it renamed itself as the International Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives, Leather, Skin and Hide Workers. In 1921 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionel Poole
Sir Lionel Pinnock Poole (28 October 1894 – 13 January 1967) was a British trade unionist. Poole was born in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, to Levi Samuel Mitchell Poole and Lucy Poole.''Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912'' He came to prominence in the National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives (NUBSO), becoming branch secretary, then in 1919 being chosen as its full-time national organiser.BOAC's new top men , ''Flight'', 1 July 1960 He was elected to its executive council in 1926,, ''Report of the 1967 Annual Trades Union Congress'', p.437 then in 1943 was elected as assistant gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Chester
George Chester CBE (16 January 1886 – 21 April 1949) was a British trade unionist. Born in Loddington in Northamptonshire, Chester worked making boots from the age of thirteen.Trades Union Congress, "Obituary: Sir George Chester", ''Annual Report of the 1949 Trades Union Congress'', p.288Chester, Sir George , '''' He joined the the following year, and from 1915 was assistant secretary of his branch. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Council Of The TUC
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 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 Council. Although the TUC has long had links w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney Robinson (trade Unionist)
Sydney Allen Robinson (13 August 1905 – 10 April 1978) was a British people, British trade unionist. Robinson grew up in Clophill in Northamptonshire before becoming a shoemaker. He joined the National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives (NUBSO), and became a full-time officer in 1939, national organizer in 1947, and Assistant General Secretary in 1949.Robinson, Sydney Allen , ''Who Was Who'' In 1957, Robinson was elected as General President of NUBSO, and he won a place on the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) two years later. In 1966, he was appointed to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission, and this became his main focus after his retirement from his trade union posts in 1970. In 1972, he was also appointed to the TUC-Confederation of British Industry, CBI Conciliati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Len Smith (trade Unionist)
Leonard Smith (1879 – 1964) was a British trade unionist and politician. Smith joined the National Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives (NUBSO) in 1897, and became very active in the union. In 1905, he was one of a group of union members who marched to London in support of a fair wage clause being added to the contract to make boots for the British Army. Smith was also active in politics, and was first elected to Long Buckby Parish Council in 1898. By the 1920s, he was supportive of the Labour Party, and the union sponsored his candidacy for the party in Wells at the 1922 United Kingdom general election. He took third place, with 18.9% of the vote. He also stood in the 1931 United Kingdom general election, in Stafford, taking second place with a 31.9% vote share. In 1923, Smith was appointed as a full-time national organiser for NUBSO. He relocated to Northampton Northampton () is a market town and civil parish in the East Midlands of England, on the River Nene, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. Since 2018, the paper's main news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Webber (trade Unionist)
William James Percival Webber (11 September 1901 – 12 April 1982) was a Welsh people, Welsh trade unionist. Born in Swansea, Webber attended Swansea Grammar School, leaving at the age of sixteen to work as a clerk for the Great Western Railway. He also joined the Railway Clerks' Association (RCA), and became active in the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party.Webber, Sir William James Percival , ''Who Was Who'' In 1932, Webber was elected to Swansea Borough Council, and was the deputy mayor in 1942/43. From 1940, he was chairman of the National Joint Council for Local Authorities Clerical, Administrative, Professional and Technical Grades. In 1944, he stood down from the council when he became a full-time divisional secretary for the RCA. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Association Of Colliery Overmen, Deputies And Shotfirers
The National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers (NACODS) is an organisation representing former colliery deputies and under-officials in the coal industry. History NACODS was established as a national trade union in 1910. Prior to that date, the union existed as a federation of autonomous areas which were collectively known as the General Federation of Firemen's, Examiners' and Deputies Associations of Great Britain. The present title of NACODS was adopted in 1947 when the coal industry was nationalised. In 2016, the final three coal mines in the United Kingdom were closed. Following this, the union no longer had any working members, and it therefore decided to deregister as a trade union, and disaffiliate from the TUC, STUC and GFTU. It continued in existence as an unincorporated association with former workers in the industry holding honorary memberships. Strikes NACODS was much less willing to take industrial action than the NUM although many had v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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