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Thomas Ashton (cotton Spinner)
Thomas Ashton (15 August 1841 – 15 September 1919) was a British trade union leader. Life Ashton was born in Oldham, to William Ashton and his wife Sally Mellor, who were cotton workers. His mother became ill after his birth, and he was mainly brought up by an aunt. He did not attend school, and began working in a cotton mill at the age of eight. He undertook various jobs in the mill before replacing his father as a spinner. During this time, he attended evening classes in a wide variety of subjects, with a particular focus on statistics, and when he was 27, he left the cotton industry to set up a school."Mr. Thomas Ashton", '' Manchester Guardian'', 17 September 1919 In 1868, Ashton was invited to stand for the general secretaryship of the Oldham Operative Cotton Spinners' Association, beating five other candidates in an election. Under his leadership, the union soon won a half-day on Saturdays, a standard wage scale, and overall increases in wages. Ashton was a found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Ashton
Thomas Ashton may refer to: *Thomas Ashton (schoolmaster) (died 1578), English clergyman and schoolmaster *Thomas Ashton (divine) (1716–1775), English cleric *Thomas Ashton (cotton spinner) (1841–1919), British trade union leader * Thomas Ashton (trade unionist) (1844–1927), British trade unionist and member of the Privy Council *Thomas Ashton (industrialist) (1818–1898), English cotton manufacturer and philanthropist * Thomas Ashton (died 1831), assassinated mill owner * Thomas Ashton, 1st Baron Ashton of Hyde (1855–1933), British industrialist, philanthropist, Liberal * Thomas Ashton, 2nd Baron Ashton of Hyde (1901–1983), eldest surviving son of Thomas Ashton, 1ste Baron Ashton * Thomas Ashton, 3rd Baron Ashton of Hyde (1926–2008), eldest son of Thomas Ashton, 2nd Baron Ashton * Thomas Ashton, 4th Baron Ashton of Hyde (born 1958), eldest son of Thomas Ashton, 3rd Baron Ashton *T. S. Ashton (Thomas Southcliffe Ashton, 1899–1968), English economic historian *Tom Asht ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Judson (trade Unionist)
Edward Wagstaff Judson (29 August 1868 – 14 August 1926) was an English trade unionist. Judson was born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, England to William Cornelius Judson and Charlotte Judson. He was baptized in the Wesleyan Methodist Church.''Manchester, England, Non-Conformist Births and Baptisms, 1758-1912'' He began working half-time in a cotton mill when he was ten years old."Mr. Edward Judson: a great textile labour leader", ''Manchester Guardian'', 16 August 1926 He joined the Ashton and District Operative Spinners' Association, and was elected as its general secretary in 1904. In 1913, he was additionally elected as president of the Amalgamated Association of Operative Cotton Spinners."Resignation of Spinners' President", ''Manchester Guardian'', 29 June 1926 Judson was considered an effective leader of the spinners, leading the union through numerous trade disputes, while trying to avoid strike action. He served on the Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1919 Deaths
Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the coast of the Hebrides; 201 people, mostly servicemen returning home to Lewis and Harris, are killed. * January 2– 22 – Russian Civil War: The Red Army's Caspian-Caucasian Front begins the Northern Caucasus Operation against the White Army, but fails to make progress. * January 3 – The Faisal–Weizmann Agreement is signed by Emir Faisal (representing the Arab Kingdom of Hejaz) and Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann, for Arab–Jewish cooperation in the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine, and an Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East. * January 5 – In Germany: ** Spartacist uprising in Berlin: The Marxist Spartacus League, with the newly formed Communist Party of Germany and the Independent Social ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1841 Births
Events January–March * January 20 – Charles Elliot of the United Kingdom, and Qishan of the Qing dynasty, agree to the Convention of Chuenpi. * January 26 – Britain occupies Hong Kong. Later in the year, the first census of the island records a population of about 7,500. * January 27 – The active volcano Mount Erebus in Antarctica is discovered, and named by James Clark Ross. * January 28 – Ross discovers the "Victoria Barrier", later known as the Ross Ice Shelf. On the same voyage, he discovers the Ross Sea, Victoria Land and Mount Terror. * January 30 – A fire ruins and destroys two-thirds of the villa (modern-day city) of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. * February 4 – First known reference to Groundhog Day in North America, in the diary of a James Morris. * February 10 – The Act of Union (''British North America Act'', 1840) is proclaimed in Canada. * February 11 – The two colonies of the Canadas are merged, into the United Province of Canada. * Febr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Henry Wilkinson (trade Unionist)
William Henry Wilkinson (1850 – 25 April 1906) was a British trade unionist. Born in Haslingden, Wilkinson became a cotton weaver in 1864. He was a founder member of the Haslingden Weavers' Association, and was appointed as its general secretary in 1879. At the time, the Blackburn Weavers' Association were on strike, opposing wage reductions of 10%. Realising that, if the Blackburn Weavers lost, the cuts would be likely to be applied in Haslingden too, Wilkinson raised large sums - around £140 per week - to support the Blackburn Weavers. Thanks to this, the strike was won, and Wilkinson came to prominence in textile trade unionism."Memorial notices: Mr W. H. Wilkinson", ''Manchester Guardian'', 26 April 1906 The secretaryship was a part-time post, and Wilkinson continued to work as a weaver and, occasionally, as an overlooker, until 1880 when he became clerk of the North East Lancashire Amalgamated Weavers' Association. Its secretary, Thomas Birtwistle, founded the br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Parrott
William Parrott (18 December 1843 – 9 November 1905) was a British coalminer, trade union official and Liberal–Labour (Lib–Lab) politician. Early life Parrott was born at Row Green, a village in Somerset but his parents soon moved to Yorkshire. Parrott had no formal education and was essentially self-taught. He began work in a brickyard at the age of eight years. Aged nine, he was working in a factory and just before his tenth birthday he started work at Methley Colliery as a pit-boy. In 1869 he had married Eliza Thompson of Methley and they had a son and three daughters. Miners Association official In 1872 he became the first checkweighman elected by the miners of Good Hope Pit, Normanton Common. From this time onwards he was drawn more and more into trade union work. In 1876 he was elected assistant secretary of the West Yorkshire Miners Association. Held this office until 1881 when the West and South Yorkshire Miners Associations were amalgamated to form the Yorkshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Hammill
Frederick Parkin Hammill (4 May 1856 - 8 July 1901) was a British trade union activist, and a co-founder of the Independent Labour Party. Career Known generally as "Fred", Hammill was born in Leeds on 4 May 1856, trained as an engineer, and moved to London to work at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich, where he became a well-known labour activist and trade unionist. Hammill spoke in defence of John Burns in trials after the 1887 Trafalgar Square Riot, was active in the London Trades Council (seconding Burns's support for the 1891 Scottish rail strike) and in the TUC, and he would speak indoors and outdoors to crowds of up to 6,000 people. He joined the Fabian Society in the early 1890s. In 1891 Hammill organised a strike of London bus and tram workers on pay and hours, and he was one of the founders of the Independent Labour Party. In 1893 he spoke at a demonstration and rally in Trafalgar Square on workers’ rights. Strongly associated with Tom Mann and with Will Crooks' Poplar-b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Davy Kelley
George Davy Kelley (1848 – 18 December 1911) was a British trades unionist and Labour politician. Kelley was born in Ruskington, Lincolnshire in 1848. He became apprenticed to the lithographic printing trade in York. Following his apprenticeship, he worked as a printer in London, Birmingham, Leeds and Bradford. He moved to Manchester to become general secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Lithographic Printers, formed in 1880.''Obituary – Mr G. D. Kelley'', The Times, 19 December 1911, p.9 Kelley was an early proponent of the Labour movement putting forward candidates for election. He became vice-president of the Labour Electoral Association in 1889, and presided at the Labour Electoral Congress held in Hanley in 1890. He was elected to the parliamentary committee of the Trades Union Congress in 1892. He held the office of secretary of a number of bodies: the Manchester Trades and Labour Council, the Lancashire and Cheshire Federation of Trade Councils, the Manche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Sharples
Thomas Sharples (1819 – 1905) was a British trade unionist. Sharples completed an apprenticeship as a house painter and found work in Manchester with the London and North Western Railway. He was active in a local trade union, and in 1856 he persuaded both it and a rival painters' society in the city to join a new alliance, which became known as the Manchester Alliance of Operative House Painters. This rapidly spread across the country, and in 1860 Sharples became the union's treasurer. This involved little work, as almost the funds were held and administered by branches; only a small strike fund was centrally administered. In 1866, the union's general secretary, William MacDonald, was accused of neglecting his office, and sidelined in a new post of honorary secretary. Sharples was appointed as his replacement, and immediately began issuing regular reports on the progress of the society. However, he made no other changes to the very loose alliance, which resulted in lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Millar Jack
James Millar Jack (1847 or 1848 – 28 September 1912) was a Scottish trade unionist and politician. Jack came to prominence as a member of the Associated Iron Moulders of Scotland (AIMS), and was elected as its general secretary in November 1879. He also represented the union at the Trades Union Congress (TUC), and was elected to the TUC's Parliamentary Committee in 1884. He chaired the committee in 1887, and was re-elected most years until 1896.''Annual Report of the 1913 Trades Union Congress'', p.164 Jack was also interested in the political representation of workers, and was appointed as a vice-president of the Labour Electoral Association. In 1890, he was elected to Glasgow Town Council, with the backing of the Glasgow Trades Council. He was only the second Liberal-Labour representative on the council.Harry McShane Harry McShane (7 May 1891 – 12 April 1988) was a Scottish socialist, and a close colleague of John Maclean MA, John Maclean. Life and car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wilson (Mid Durham MP)
John Wilson (1837 – 24 March 1915) was an English coal miner, trade unionist, and a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for more than 25 years. Early life Born at Greatham, near Hartlepool, his mother Hannah died when he was four. After his father, Christopher (b. 1807 at Greatham), died of cholera when Wilson was ten, he worked in the mines, spent four years as a merchant seaman, and return to Durham as a miner in 1860. Married in 1832 to Margaret (''née'' Firth), the couple emigrated to the United States in 1864, where Wilson worked the mines in Pennsylvania and Illinois. They returned to Durham in 1867; the first two of their five children had been born in America. Wilson was one of the founders in 1869 of the Durham Miners' Association (DMA), which led to him being denied employment, but in 1878 he became a full-time union organiser, rising to become the DMA's general secretary in 1896. Political career The Reform Act 1867 had extended the vote to working-class ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trades Union Congress
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is a national trade union centre, a federation of trade unions in England and Wales, representing the majority of trade unions. There are 48 affiliated unions, with a total of about 5.5 million members. Frances O'Grady became General Secretary in 2013 and presented her resignation in 2022, with Paul Nowak becoming the next General Secretary in January 2023. Organisation The TUC's decision-making body is the Annual Congress, which takes place in September. Between congresses decisions are made by the General Council, which meets every two months. An Executive Committee is elected by the Council from its members. Affiliated unions can send delegates to Congress, with the number of delegates they can send proportionate to their size. Each year Congress elects a President of the Trades Union Congress, who carries out the office for the remainder of the year and then presides over the following year's conference. The TUC is not affiliated with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
