Thomas Barron (trade unionist)
Thomas Barron (8 April 1873 – 22 November 1943) was a
Born in
In 1905, the headquarters of the union moved to Glasgow, as its constitution required it to do, periodically. Barron was elected to its executive committee and served as the union's chair from 1908. In 1911, it merged into the ASC&J, and Barron became the first treasurer of its Glasgow district and then its secretary until 1917. The union then became part of the new Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers. Barron was elected to the union's National Executive Committee, representing Scotland; he was chair of the union from 1922.[1]
In 1918, Barron was active in the formation of the
Barron was a supporter of the Labour Party, standing unsuccessfully in Nuneaton at the 1923 United Kingdom general election and Montrose Burghs at the 1924 United Kingdom general election. He retired in 1939 and died four years later.[1][2]