| 词条 | William Kean |
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William Kean (17 March 1871 – 5 January 1954) was a British trade unionist. Born in Sheffield, Kean became a cutler working in silver and a trade unionist. By his early twenties he was secretary of the small Sheffield-based Spoon and Fork Filers, Odd Workers and Stampers Society.[1] From this position, he masterminded a merger of several small unions which formed the National Union of Gold, Silver and Allied Trades (NUGSAT), completed in 1911, and became its first secretary.[2] In 1921, Kean was elected to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), remaining in place until 1945, and serving as President of the TUC in 1934/1935.[3] In his spare time, Kean was a magistrate, was active on the Sheffield Trades Council, a founder of Sheffield's Labour Representation Committee, and served on a variety of government committees.[2] In the 1939 New Year Honours, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.[4] He finally retired as secretary of NUGSAT in 1953, and died the following year.[2] References1. ^Trades Union Congress, Labour, vol.II, p. 64. {{start box}}{{s-npo|union}}{{succession box|title=Secretary of the National Union of Gold, Silver and Allied Trades|years=1911–1953|before=New position|after=J. Edley}}{{succession box|title=Iron, Steel and Minor Metal Trades representative on the General Council of the TUC|years=1921–1945|before=New position|after=Lincoln Evans and Ambrose Callighan|with=Arthur Pugh (1921–1935)2. ^1 2 Trades Union Congress, Report of Proceedings at the 86th Annual Trades Union Congress (1954), p. 319. 3. ^Hugh A. Clegg, Alan Fox and A. F. Thompson, A History of British Trade Unions Since 1889: 1934-1951, p. 435. 4. ^Jack Eaton and Colin Gill, The Trade Union Directory (1981), pp. 137–138. John Brown (1935–1945)}}{{succession box|title=President of the Trades Union Congress|years=1934/35|before=Andrew Conley|after=Allan Findlay}}{{succession box|title=Trades Union Congress representative to the American Federation of Labour|years=1936|with=George Gibson|before=Andrew Conley and Andrew Naesmith|after=John C. Little and William R. Townley}}{{end box}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Kean, William}} 7 : 1871 births|1954 deaths|Cutlers|English trade unionists|Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress|People from Sheffield|Presidents of the Trades Union Congress |
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