Herbert Lionel Bullock (1885 – September 1967) was a

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. Born in

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, Bullock began working at the age of eleven.

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, ''Report of the 1967 Annual Trades Union Congress'', p.436 He joined the National Union of Gas Workers and General Labourers early in life."The New Chairman", ''Labour'', vol.12, p.450 His union merged into the

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(NUGMW), and in 1926, he began working for it full-time. In 1935, he was appointed as the NUGMW's National Industrial Officer, and this led, two years later, to a seat on the

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(TUC). Bullock devoted the remainder of his working life to the union, chairing the TUC's education and local government committees, serving for the

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, and taking a particular interest in

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. He also sat on the National Arbitration Tribunal Panel, and the Royal Commission on Taxation and Profits. Bullock was elected as President of the TUC for 1950, following which, he retired. In retirement, he still continued to attend the TUC as a guest, and died in 1967 in a hotel in between sessions of congress.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bullock, Herbert 1885 births 1967 deaths Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress Trade unionists from Bristol Presidents of the Trades Union Congress