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Ben Cooper (politician)
Benjamin Cooper (1854 – January 1920) was a British politician and trade unionist. Cooper was born and grew up in Norwich, where he completed an apprenticeship in cigar-making. He subsequently moved to London, where he became active in the Cigar Makers' Mutual Association."Death of Mr Ben Cooper", ''The Times'', 17 January 1920 Cooper was soon elected as general secretary of his union. A supporter of the New Unionism, around the start of the 1890s, he helped found unions for workers in bass-dressing, match-making, dock work, confectionery and stick manufacture, as well as a separate union for female cigar makers. At the 1892 London County Council election, he was elected as a Labour and Progressive Party candidate in Bow and Bromley. Cooper's newfound prominence led to his election to the Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress, and he held his seat on the council for many years. He also served on the council of the General Federation of Trade Unions. Tobacco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Cooper
Ben Cooper (September 30, 1933 – February 24, 2020) was an American actor of film and television, who won a Golden Boot Award in 2005 for his work in westerns. Stage Cooper appeared on Broadway in '' Life With Father'' (1939). He debuted in the role of Harlan at age 9; before the play performances ended in 1943, Cooper had grown enough to play Whitney. Radio Cooper acted in thirty-four radio serials, many of them soap operas, in the era of old-time radio. Film and television career Cooper's earliest credited screen appearance was as an eighteen-year-old in 1952–1953 on the '' Armstrong Circle Theatre'', then on NBC, in the two episodes "The Commandant's Clock" and "Changing Dream". Thereafter, he appeared in numerous films with Republic Pictures such as '' Thunderbirds'', ''Johnny Guitar'', '' The Last Command'', ''Duel at Apache Wells'' (1956), and other films such as '' The Rose Tattoo''. Cooper began appearing on dozens of television westerns. He was cast as Clint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Leverton Harris
Frederick Leverton Harris (17 December 1864 – 14 November 1926) was a British businessman and Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons for three periods between 1900 and 1918. His role in Parliament was largely insignificant until World War I, when he used his knowledge of shipping to play a crucial role in the United Kingdom's economic warfare against the German Empire, and joined the government in 1916 in a newly created post with specific responsibility for the blockade of Germany. As the war drew to a close, his political career looked set to flourish, but was destroyed by scandal. Early life and family Harris was the son of Frederick William Harris and his wife Elizabeth née Wylie, of London and Withyham, East Sussex. His siblings included Sir Austin Edward Harris, who became a noted banker, Walter Burton Harris, a journalist, writer, traveller and socialite who achieved fame for his writings on Morocco, and pianist and composer Clement Harris, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Parliamentary Committee Of The Trades Union Congress
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Members Of London County Council
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Liberal-Labour (UK) Politicians
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British Trade Union Leaders
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1920 Deaths
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1854 Births
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John Stokes (trade Unionist)
John Stokes (12 May 1872''1939 England and Wales Register'' – 17 September 1942) was a British trade unionist and political activist. Stokes came to prominence as secretary of the small London Glass Bottle Makers union. He was also a member of the British Socialist Party (BSP), who put him forward as their proposed candidate for Bradford East at the election which was expected to take place in 1914 or 1915. However, this was against the wishes of local BSP activists, and he failed to gain the support of the local Independent Labour Party. Long active on the London Trades Council, Stokes replaced his BSP comrade Fred Knee as its secretary in 1914, serving for three years. Also in 1914, the BSP affiliated to the Labour Party, and Stokes immediately took a leading role in founding the London Labour Party, serving as its first Chairman. Although Stokes strongly opposed conscription during World War I, he did not oppose the war overall. This placed him on the right-wing o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Gregory (trade Union Leader)
Joseph F. Gregory (1862 – 3 November 1926) was a British trade union leader. Born in London, Gregory undertook an apprenticeship as a stonemason at Caldecote in Warwickshire. He successfully completed this, and then joined the Operative Stonemasons' Society. Early in the 1880s, he was appointed as the union's representative on the Leicester Building Trades Council, and this started a rapid rise to prominence, as Gregory won election to the union's executive, and then as its president. In 1890, Gregory moved back to London, and was chosen to represent his union on the London Trades Council. He served as chair of the union around the turn of the century, and represented the council on the London County Council London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected. It covered the area today kn ...'s Technical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Trades Council
The London Trades Council was an early labour organisation, uniting London's trade unionists. Its modern successor organisation is the Greater London Association of Trades (Union) Councils History Leading figures in the London trade union movement convened occasional meetings of the "Metropolitan Trades Delegates" from 1848, meeting at the Old Bell Inn by the Old Bailey. The London builders' strike of 1859 required ongoing co-ordination, and it was determined to organise a trades council. The formation of the London Trades Council was organised at George Potter's Building Trades Conference and led by George Odger's Operative Bricklayers' Society. The unions agreed to demand a maximum working day of nine hours from their employers. The employers refused, resulting in strike action and a lockout. Eventually the unions conceded, but the solidarity built prompted the formation of a citywide body able to co-ordinate future action.{{cite book , last1=Jacobs , first1=Julius , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Cigar And Tobacco Workers' Union
{{short description, Former trade union of the United Kingdom The National Cigar and Tobacco Workers' Union was a trade union representing tobacco workers in the United Kingdom. The union was founded in 1918 when the Female Cigar Makers' Protection Union merged with the Cigar Makers' Mutual Association, the Cigar Sorters' and Bundlers' Mutual Association (London), and the Tobacco Strippers' Mutual Society.Arthur Marsh and Victoria Ryan, ''Historical Directory of British Trade Unions'', vol.3, pp.487–488 The merger took place on the initiative of Ben Cooper, leader of the Cigar Makers', but he was soon replaced by Alf Santen, who led the union almost throughout its existence.Tobacco Workers' Union, ''The Tobacco Workers' Union, 1834-1984'', p.10 By 1939, the union had 3,000 members, most of whom were women. In 1946, it merged into the Tobacco Workers' Union. General Secretaries :1918: Ben Cooper Ben Cooper (September 30, 1933 – February 24, 2020) was an American actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
