Birmingham Trades Council
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Birmingham Trades Council is the trades council body which brings together trade unionists from across Birmingham, England. Its headquarters were formerly in Digbeth, with a huge mural above the canteen area depicting the 1972 Battle of Saltley Gate.
Secretaries
Start of term | Secretary | Union[1] |
---|---|---|
1866 | Roger Batson | General Union of Carpenters and Joiners |
1867 | Robert McRae | United Kingdom Society of Coach Builders |
1869 | William Gilliver | Cordwainers |
1878 | C. R. Bowkett | House Painters |
1880 | J. T. Harlow | Typographical Association |
1881 | Ben Church | Typographical Association |
1885 | A. Haddleton | Flint Glass Makers |
1895 | S. G. Middleton | School Workers' Union |
1898 | Arthur Eades | Alliance Cabinet Makers' Association |
1903 | J. E. Berry | Amalgamated Society of Lithographic Printers |
1913 | J. Kesterton | Typographical Association |
1919 | F. W. Rudland | Typographical Association |
1940 | C. G. Spragg | Painters |
1944 | Harry Baker | Draughtsmen and Allied Technicians' Association |
1966 | David Perris | Theatre and Cinema Workers |
1983 | Mick Rice | Amalgamated Engineering Union |
Presidents
- 1869: Thomas Green[1]
- 1870:
- 1871: H. Giles[1]
- 1874:
- 1875: C. R. Bowkett[1]
- 1878: J. Lewis[1]
- 1880: Allan Grainger[1]
- 1887: John Valentine Stevens[1]
- 1889: Alfred Jephcott[1]
- 1892: C. C. Cooke[1]
- 1895: Arthur Eades[2]
- 1898: Henry Simpson
- 1899: Joseph Millington[1]
- 1902:
- 1904: W. J. Morgan[1]
- 1909:
- 1910: Joseph Kesterton
- 1912:
- 1914: E. E. Edwards[1]
- 1916: G. Stanway[1]
- 1917: F. W. Rudland[1]
- 1919: F. E. Willis[1]
- 1920: A. Shakespeare[1]
- 1921: A. P. Cassidy[1]
- 1922: H. G. Johnson[1]
- 1924:
- 1929: H. G. Johnson[1]
- 1933:
- 1937: C. G. Spragg[1]
- 1939: Walter Samuel Lewis
- 1942: Ernest Haynes[1]
- 1951: Bob Shorthouse[1]
- 1955: George Varnom[1]
- 1961: W. E. Jarvis[1]
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