Birmingham Trades Council is the trades council body which brings together trade unionists from across Birmingham, England. Its headquarters were formerly in Digbeth, with a huge mural above the canteen area depicting the 1972 Battle of Saltley Gate.
Secretaries Start of term Secretary Union 1866 Roger Batson General Union of Carpenters and Joiners 1867 Robert McRae United Kingdom Society of Coach Builders 1869 William Gilliver Cordwainers 1878 C. R. Bowkett House Painters 1880 J. T. Harlow Typographical Association 1881 Ben Church Typographical Association 1885 A. Haddleton Flint Glass Makers 1895 S. G. Middleton School Workers' Union 1898 Arthur Eades Alliance Cabinet Makers' Association 1903 J. E. Berry Amalgamated Society of Lithographic Printers 1913 J. Kesterton Typographical Association 1919 F. W. Rudland Typographical Association 1940 C. G. Spragg Painters 1944 Harry Baker Draughtsmen and Allied Technicians' Association 1966 David Perris Theatre and Cinema Workers 1983 Mick Rice Amalgamated Engineering Union
Presidents 1869: Thomas Green 1870: 1871: H. Giles 1874: 1875: C. R. Bowkett 1878: J. Lewis 1880: Allan Grainger 1887: John Valentine Stevens 1889: Alfred Jephcott 1892: C. C. Cooke 1895: Arthur EadesDavid E. Martin, "Eades, Arthur", Dictionary of Labour Biography, vol.II, pp.131–132 1898: Henry Simpson 1899: Joseph Millington 1902: 1904: W. J. Morgan 1909: 1910: Joseph Kesterton 1912: 1914: E. E. Edwards 1916: G. Stanway 1917: F. W. Rudland 1919: F. E. Willis 1920: A. Shakespeare 1921: A. P. Cassidy 1922: H. G. Johnson 1924: 1929: H. G. Johnson 1933: 1937: C. G. Spragg 1939: Walter Samuel Lewis 1942: Ernest Haynes 1951: Bob Shorthouse 1955: George Varnom 1961: W. E. Jarvis
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Birmingham Trades Council
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