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Former trade union of the United Kingdom
The Union of Communication Workers (UCW ) was a trade union in the United Kingdom for workers in the post office and telecommunications industries.
History
The union was founded in 1919 as the Union of Post Office Workers (UPW ) by the merger of the Postmen's Federation , Postal and Telegraph Clerks' Association and the Fawcett Association . It achieved official recognition, and as a result, in 1920 the London Postal Porters' Association , Central London Postmen's Association , Tracers' Association , Tube Staff Association , Messengers' Association and Sorters' Association all merged with it.[ 3] It was banned legally from TUC membership from 1927 to 1946.[ 4] Its longest strike was for 7 weeks in 1971.
It changed its name in 1980, and merged with the National Communications Union in 1995 to form the Communication Workers' Union .[ 3]
Election results
The union sponsored Labour Party candidates in each Parliamentary election. From 1927 until the end of World War II , the union was legally barred from affiliating to the party, so its candidates in that period are omitted from many sources.[ 5] [ 6]
Election
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Position
1922 general election
Bury
Harry Wallace
9,643
36.7
2
Camberwell North
Charles Ammon
8,320
50.8
1
Carlisle
George Middleton
7,870
37.6
1
Harborough
Walter Baker
6,205
28.2
3
Newport (Monmouthshire)
John William Bowen
16,000
45.7
2
Stockton-on-Tees
Frederick Fox Riley
11,183
34.3
2
1923 general election
Bristol East
Walter Baker
14,824
53.7
1
Bury
Harry Wallace
9,568
36.1
2
Camberwell North
Charles Ammon
10,620
64.2
1
Carlisle
George Middleton
9,120
40.5
1
Newport
John William Bowen
14,100
38.6
2
Stockton-on-Tees
Frederick Fox Riley
10,619
31.2
3
1924 general election
Bristol East
Walter Baker
16,920
58.2
1
Bury
Harry Wallace
10,286
36.1
2
Camberwell North
Charles Ammon
11,300
54.9
1
Carlisle
George Middleton
10,676
45.5
2
Newport
John William Bowen
18,263
47.2
2
Stockton-on-Tees
Frederick Fox Riley
11,948
33.1
2
1929 general election
Bristol East
Walter Baker
24,197
65.8
1
Camberwell North
Charles Ammon
13,051
57.9
1
Carlisle
George Middleton
12,779
40.4
1
Crewe
John William Bowen
20,948
50.2
1
Stockton-on-Tees
Frederick Fox Riley
18,961
41.2
1
Walthamstow East
Harry Wallace
11,039
39.6
1
1931 general election
Camberwell North
Charles Ammon
9,869
48.1
2
Carlisle
George Middleton
13,445
42.7
2
Crewe
John William Bowen
18,351
42.2
2
Stockton-on-Tees
Frederick Fox Riley
18,168
38.4
2
Walthamstow East
Harry Wallace
9,983
31.2
2
1935 general election
Camberwell North
Charles Ammon
11,701
64.7
1
Crewe
John William Bowen
20,620
48.7
2
Walthamstow East
Harry Wallace
14,378
46.0
2
1945 general election
Clitheroe
Harry Randall
19,443
53.7
1
Heston and Isleworth
William Williams
29,192
54.3
1
Walthamstow East
Harry Wallace
15,650
51.1
1
1950 general election
Clitheroe
Harry Randall
18,359
43.8
2
Heston and Isleworth
William Williams
29,013
43.6
2
Walthamstow East
Harry Wallace
18,478
47.0
1
1951 general election
Droylsden
William Williams
26,829
51.8
1
Dumfriesshire
George Douglas
16,669
38.7
2
Mitcham
Harry Randall
28,187
45.3
2
Walthamstow East
Harry Wallace
19,036
47.5
1
1955 general election
Manchester Openshaw
William Williams
24,638
59.7
1
Walthamstow East
Harry Wallace
15,744
43.1
2
1955 by-election
Gateshead West
Harry Randall
13,196
66.5
1
1959 general election
Manchester Openshaw
William Williams
24,975
60.2
1
Gateshead West
Harry Randall
21,277
64.9
1
1963 by-election
Manchester Openshaw
Charles Morris
16,101
65.9
1
1964 general election
Bristol North East
Raymond Dobson
21,212
44.2
2
Gateshead West
Harry Randall
21,390
69.0
1
Manchester Openshaw
Charles Morris
22,589
59.6
1
1966 general election
Brighton Kemptown
Dennis Hobden
24,936
50.8
1
Bristol North East
Raymond Dobson
25,699
54.2
1
Gateshead West
Harry Randall
20,381
74.8
1
Manchester Openshaw
Charles Morris
22,103
64.9
1
1970 general election
Brighton Kemptown
Dennis Hobden
21,105
42.9
2
Bristol North East
Raymond Dobson
22,792
49.5
2
Manchester Openshaw
Charles Morris
19,397
60.2
1
1971 by-election
Stirling and Falkirk
Harry Ewing
17,536
46.5
1
Feb 1974 general election
Brighton Kemptown
Dennis Hobden
19,484
38.1
2
Hampstead
Tony Clarke
17,279
38.3
2
Manchester Openshaw
Charles Morris
16,478
53.5
1
Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth
Harry Ewing
21,685
41.9
1
Western Isles
Andrew Wilson
2,879
19.2
2
Oct 1974 general election
Brighton Kemptown
Dennis Hobden
19,060
40.3
2
Hampstead
Tony Clarke
16,414
40.6
2
Manchester Openshaw
Charles Morris
16,109
57.6
1
Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth
Harry Ewing
22,090
43.3
1
1979 general election
Manchester Openshaw
Charles Morris
17,099
62.1
1
Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth
Harry Ewing
29,499
56.5
1
1983 general election
Falkirk East
Harry Ewing
17,956
47.7
1
1987 general election
Falkirk East
Harry Ewing
21,379
54.2
1
1992 general election
Falkirk East
Michael Connarty
18,423
46.1
1
Leadership
General Secretaries
1919: William Bowen [ 7]
1936: T. J. Hodgson [ 7]
1944: Charles Geddes [ 7]
1956: Ron Smith [ 7]
1967: Thomas Jackson [ 7]
1982: Alan Tuffin [ 7]
1992: Alan Johnson [ 7]
Deputy General Secretaries
1919: Walter Baker [ 7]
1931: James Paterson[ 7]
1941: Charles Geddes [ 7]
1944: G. A. Stevens[ 7]
1951: Richard Hayward[ 7]
1956: L. V. Andrews[ 7]
1967: Norman Stagg[ 7]
1980: Alan Tuffin [ 7]
1982: Tony Clarke [ 7]
1993: Derek Hodgson [ 7]
Treasurers
1919: Will Lockyer [ 7]
1935: W. T. Leicester[ 7]
1947: A. H. Wood[ 7]
1953: Ron Smith [ 7]
1956: E. R. Mercer[ 7]
1962: Fred Moss[ 7]
1981: Fred Binks[ 7]
1988: Derek Walsh[ 7]
See also
References
^ David Farnham, Employee Relations in Context , p. 268.
^ Marsh, Arthur (1984). Trade Union Handbook (3 ed.). Aldershot: Gower. pp. 167–168. ISBN 0566024268 .
^ a b Arthur Ivor Marsh, Trade Union Handbook , p. 401.
^ David Butler; Gareth Butler (1986). British political facts, 1900-1985 . Macmillan. p. 366. ISBN 978-0-333-39948-4 .
^ Clinton, Alan (1984). Post Office Workers: A Trade Union and Social History . London: George Allen and Unwin. pp. 672–676. ISBN 9780043310861 .
^ Parker, James (2017). Trade unions and the political culture of the Labour Party, 1931-1940 (PDF) . Exeter: University of Exeter.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Clinton, Alan (1984). Post Office Workers . George Allen and Unwin. p. 664. ISBN 0043310869 .
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