William E. Hopkin
William Edward Hopkin (28 January 1888 – 23 September 1953) was a Welsh trade union leader.
Hopkin became active in the
Hopkin served on the executive committee of the NUGMW until his retirement, and this included serving as chair of the union from 1949. He also served on the Welsh Regional Board for Industry and the executive of the South Wales Regional Council of Labour. In 1949, he was part of a Trades Union Congress delegation to the United States, tasked with studying methods of industrial production there.[1]
In 1947, Hopkin was made an
Officer of the Order of the British Empire, and in 1949 he became a magistrate. He retired in 1952, and died on 23 September 1953, at the age of 65.[1]