Union of Communication Workers

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Union of Communication Workers
Merged into Communication Workers' Union
Founded1 January 1920
Dissolved1995
HeadquartersUCW House, Crescent Lane, Clapham
Location
Members203,000 (1990) [1]
Publication
The Post [2]
Affiliations TUC, Labour, PTTI

The Union of Communication Workers (UCW) was a trade union in the United Kingdom for workers in the post office and telecommunications industries.

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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]

ElectionConstituencyCandidateVotesPercentagePosition
1922 general election Bury Harry Wallace 9,64336.72
Camberwell North Charles Ammon 8,32050.81
Carlisle George Middleton 7,87037.61
Harborough Walter Baker 6,20528.23
Newport (Monmouthshire) John William Bowen 16,00045.72
Stockton-on-Tees Frederick Fox Riley 11,18334.32
1923 general election Bristol East Walter Baker 14,82453.71
Bury Harry Wallace 9,56836.12
Camberwell North Charles Ammon 10,62064.21
Carlisle George Middleton 9,12040.51
Newport John William Bowen 14,10038.62
Stockton-on-Tees Frederick Fox Riley 10,61931.23
1924 general election Bristol East Walter Baker 16,92058.21
Bury Harry Wallace 10,28636.12
Camberwell North Charles Ammon 11,30054.91
Carlisle George Middleton 10,67645.52
Newport John William Bowen 18,26347.22
Stockton-on-Tees Frederick Fox Riley 11,94833.12
1929 general election Bristol East Walter Baker 24,19765.81
Camberwell North Charles Ammon 13,05157.91
Carlisle George Middleton 12,77940.41
Crewe John William Bowen 20,94850.21
Stockton-on-Tees Frederick Fox Riley 18,96141.21
Walthamstow East Harry Wallace 11,03939.61
1931 general election Camberwell North Charles Ammon 9,86948.12
Carlisle George Middleton 13,44542.72
Crewe John William Bowen 18,35142.22
Stockton-on-Tees Frederick Fox Riley 18,16838.42
Walthamstow East Harry Wallace 9,98331.22
1935 general election Camberwell North Charles Ammon 11,70164.71
Crewe John William Bowen 20,62048.72
Walthamstow East Harry Wallace 14,37846.02
1945 general election Clitheroe Harry Randall 19,44353.71
Heston and Isleworth William Williams 29,19254.31
Walthamstow East Harry Wallace 15,65051.11
1950 general election Clitheroe Harry Randall 18,35943.82
Heston and Isleworth William Williams 29,01343.62
Walthamstow East Harry Wallace 18,47847.01
1951 general election Droylsden William Williams 26,82951.81
Dumfriesshire George Douglas16,66938.72
Mitcham Harry Randall 28,18745.32
Walthamstow East Harry Wallace 19,03647.51
1955 general election Manchester Openshaw William Williams 24,63859.71
Walthamstow East Harry Wallace 15,74443.12
1955 by-election Gateshead West Harry Randall 13,19666.51
1959 general election Manchester Openshaw William Williams 24,97560.21
Gateshead West Harry Randall 21,27764.91
1963 by-election Manchester Openshaw Charles Morris 16,10165.91
1964 general election Bristol North East Raymond Dobson 21,21244.22
Gateshead West Harry Randall 21,39069.01
Manchester Openshaw Charles Morris 22,58959.61
1966 general election Brighton Kemptown Dennis Hobden 24,93650.81
Bristol North East Raymond Dobson 25,69954.21
Gateshead West Harry Randall 20,38174.81
Manchester Openshaw Charles Morris 22,10364.91
1970 general election Brighton Kemptown Dennis Hobden 21,10542.92
Bristol North East Raymond Dobson 22,79249.52
Manchester Openshaw Charles Morris 19,39760.21
1971 by-election Stirling and Falkirk Harry Ewing 17,53646.51
Feb 1974 general election Brighton Kemptown Dennis Hobden 19,48438.12
Hampstead Tony Clarke 17,27938.32
Manchester Openshaw Charles Morris 16,47853.51
Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth Harry Ewing 21,68541.91
Western Isles Andrew Wilson2,87919.22
Oct 1974 general election Brighton Kemptown Dennis Hobden 19,06040.32
Hampstead Tony Clarke 16,41440.62
Manchester Openshaw Charles Morris 16,10957.61
Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth Harry Ewing 22,09043.31
1979 general election Manchester Openshaw Charles Morris 17,09962.11
Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth Harry Ewing 29,49956.51
1983 general election Falkirk East Harry Ewing 17,95647.71
1987 general election Falkirk East Harry Ewing 21,37954.21
1992 general election Falkirk East Michael Connarty 18,42346.11

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

  1. ↑ David Farnham, Employee Relations in Context, p. 268.
  2. ↑ Marsh, Arthur (1984). Trade Union Handbook (3 ed.). Aldershot: Gower. pp. 167–168. ISBN   0566024268.
  3. 1 2 Arthur Ivor Marsh, Trade Union Handbook, p. 401.
  4. ↑ David Butler; Gareth Butler (1986). British political facts, 1900-1985. Macmillan. p. 366. ISBN   978-0-333-39948-4.
  5. ↑ Clinton, Alan (1984). Post Office Workers: A Trade Union and Social History. London: George Allen and Unwin. pp. 672–676. ISBN   9780043310861.
  6. ↑ Parker, James (2017). Trade unions and the political culture of the Labour Party, 1931-1940 (PDF). Exeter: University of Exeter.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Clinton, Alan (1984). Post Office Workers. George Allen and Unwin. p. 664. ISBN   0043310869.


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