Bradford Trades Council
Bradford Trades Union Council | |
Founded | 16 July 1872 |
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Headquarters | 17–21 Chapel Street, Bradford |
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Bradford Trades Council brings together trade unionists in and around Bradford, in West Yorkshire in England.
History
The first Bradford Trades Council was founded in July 1867 by six local unions. They were inspired by the London tailors' strike, but feared that it would result in a ban on trade unions. It was led by president William Angus, secretary C. D. Dewhurst, and treasurer Robert Bayes. It sent questions to the candidates in the 1867 Bradford by-election, but ultimately decided against backing either candidate. Dewhurst represented the council at the first Trades Union Congress, but he read a paper which had not been approved by the trades council. It was also found that his union had not paid its affiliation fees, so he was replaced as secretary. He had returned to the post by 1869, but the council ceased operating soon afterwards.[1]
A new Bradford Trades Council was founded on 16 July 1872 at the Black Bull. It was led by president Samuel Shaftoe, vice president Robert Scott, treasurer W. Scruton, and secretary Edward Riley. In its early years, it focused on campaigning for a nine-hour maximum working day, and on providing support for unions which were in dispute.[1]
From the 1880s, the council worked closely with what became the
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The first woman to become a delegate to the trades council was Julia Varley, in 1899; five years later, she was the first woman to become a member of its executive.[1]
The trades council opposed
Officers
Secretaries
- 1872: Edward Riley
- 1882: Samuel Shaftoe
- 1893: George Cowgill
- 1895: James Bartley
- 1899: Fred Jowett
- William Henry Drew
- 1906: Walter Barber
- c.1930: Revis Barber
- c.1948: Derek Smith
- 1990s: Mike Quiggin
Presidents
- 1872: Samuel Shaftoe
- 1875: Robert Appleyard
- 1877: Samuel Shaftoe
- 1882: William Otty
- 1884: Edwin Halford
- 1894: C. L. Robinson
- Theophilus Warner
- as of 1900: A. N. Harris
- 1921: Thomas William Stamford
- 1924:
- as of 1926: Harold Child
- 1942: Jim Backhouse
- 1970: Ludwig Baruch
- 1973: Pat Wall
- 1990: Ronnie Fieldhouse
- 2000s: Altaf Arif
References
- ^ a b c d e f Ashraf, Mary (1972). Bradford Trades Council: 1872-1972. Bradford: Bradford Trades Council.
- ^ Newspapers in Special Collections, University of Bradford