Arthur Deakin

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Arthur Deakin CH CBE PC (1890-1955) was a prominent British trade unionist who was acting general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union from 1940 and then general secretary from 1945 to 1955.

Deakin was born in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire in 1890 but began his working life in a South Wales steel plant. He became an active trade unionist during the First World War and a full-time official in 1919. In 1932, he became national secretary of one of the four trade groups within the TGWU and in 1940 he effectively took over the position of general secretary, following the appointment of Ernest Bevin as a cabinet minister. Deakin's period as general secretary was marked by a consolidation of the powers of executive, occasional serious outbreaks of unofficial strike action among union members and a fierce anti-communist line.

He died in office in 1955 and was succeeded by Jock Tiffin.

Preceded by:
John Cliff		 Assistant General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union
1935-1945		 Succeeded by:
Harold Clay
Preceded by:
Ernest Bevin		 General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union
1945-1955 (Acting 1940-1945)		 Succeeded by:
Jock Tiffin
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