The Gibraltar Confederation of Labour was a trade union established in the British and at the time

Crown colony A Crown colony or royal colony was a colony administered by The Crown within the British Empire. There was usually a Governor, appointed by the British monarch on the advice of the UK Government, with or without the assistance of a local Counci ...

of Gibraltar in 1947, and promoted by the Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights (AACR). Its first president was

Albert Risso Albert J. Risso, GMH was a Gibraltarian trade unionist and politician. He was the first president of the Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights (AACR) in Gibraltar.Constantine, p. 346 Career Albert Risso was one of the first political ...

,Workers champion gets Gibraltar Award
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'' at the time president of the AACR. During 1948,

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become its general secretary. However, he was deported by the Governor on the grounds of being a member of the Communist Party. It merged with the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1963.Trade union family trees: Transport and General Workers Union

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