Herbert Lionel Bullock (1885 – September 1967) was a

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. Born in

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, Bullock began working at the age of eleven.

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, ''Report of the 1967 Annual Trades Union Congress'', p.436 He joined the

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early in life."The New Chairman", ''Labour'', vol.12, p.450 His union merged into the

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(NUGMW), and in 1926, he began working for it full-time. In 1935, he was appointed as the NUGMW's National Industrial Officer, and this led, two years later, to a seat on the

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(TUC). Bullock devoted the remainder of his working life to the union, chairing the TUC's education and local government committees, serving for the

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, and taking a particular interest in

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. He also sat on the National Arbitration Tribunal Panel, and the Royal Commission on Taxation and Profits. Bullock was elected as

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for 1950, following which, he retired. In retirement, he still continued to attend the TUC as a guest, and died in 1967 in a hotel in between sessions of congress.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bullock, Herbert 1885 births 1967 deaths Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress Trade unionists from Bristol Presidents of the Trades Union Congress