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Alan Andrew Hart Findlay (1873 – 15 November 1943) was a Scottish
Alan Andrew Hart Findlay (1873 – 15 November 1943) was a Scottish trade unionist
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 Employee ben ...
.
Born in Hurlford
Hurlford (Scottish Gaelic: ''Baile Àtha Cliath'') is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It has a population of 4,968. Hurlford's former names include Whirlford and Hurdleford. The village was named Whirlford as a result of a ford crossing ...
in Ayrshire
Ayrshire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, ) is a historic county and registration county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. Its principal towns include Ayr, Kilmarnock and Irvine and it borders the counties of Re ...
, Findlay worked in the lace industry, as a coal-miner, and as a railway worker, then in an engineering plant and as a railway worker. There, he became involved in the United Patternmakers' Association
The United Patternmakers Association (UPA) was a trade union in the United Kingdom.
History
The association was founded in 1872 to represent skilled patternmakers in England, following a strike by patternmakers along the River Tyne and River Wea ...
, and in 1913 was elected as its Assistant General Secretary, followed in 1917 by election as General Secretary."New chairman of the TUC", ''Manchester Guardian
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'', 26 September 1935
Findlay represented the Patternmakers on the Federation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades
The Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions (CSEU), often known as the Confed is a trade union confederation in the United Kingdom.
History
The confederation was founded in December 1890 as the Federation of Engineering and Shipbuil ...
, serving as its treasurer from 1921, then as its president from 1923 to 1925. He was elected to the 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 ...
(TUC) in 1921, and served as President of the TUC in 1935/36.
Findlay retired from his union post in 1940, and served as a member of a British industry mission to the United States the following year. He died in 1943, aged 70."Mr A. A. H. Findlay", ''The Times
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (fou ...
'', 17 November 1943
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