William P. Allen (trade unionist)
William Philip Allen
Born in Islington, Allen worked for the Great Northern Railway from 1907, initially as an engine cleaner. He became active in the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF), and served as its Hornsey branch secretary and on the national executive before winning election as the union's president in 1930, being re-elected in 1932 and 1933.[2]
After his final term as president, Allen was employed as the union's organising secretary. He was promoted to assistant general secretary in 1936 before, in 1940, becoming general secretary.
Later in 1947, Allen resigned all his trade union positions to take up a position on
References
- 1939 England and Wales Register
- ^ a b Railway Gazette International, Vol.87, p.330
- ^ Trades Union Congress, "Obituary: William P. Allen", Annual Report of the 1958 Trades Union Congress, p.311
- ^ "No. 37835". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1946. p. 11.
- ^ a b T. R. Gourvish, British Railways 1948-73: A Business History, p.214
- ^ Simon Bradley, The Railways: Nation, Network and People