Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union
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| Full name | Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union |
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| Founded | 1847 |
| Members | 20,496 (2013)[1] |
| Affiliation | TUC, TUCG, ICTU, Labour Party[2] |
| Key people | Ronnie Draper, general secretary |
| Office location | Hertfordshire, England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Website |
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The Bakers, Food and Allied Workers' Union (BFAWU) is a trade union in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1847 in Manchester, it is a trade-based union of workers in the food industry.
Soon after foundation, the union began organising nationally and became the Amalgamated Union of Operative Bakers. It gained prominence when its 1861 campaign for improvements in working conditions led to the Bakehouse Regulations Act 1863. The union gradually adopted a federal structure.
In 1964, the union was renamed the Bakers' Union, but this was later lengthened to the present name.
General Secretaries
- 1864: Thomas Hodson
- 1883: John Jenkins
- 1915: John William Banfield
- 1940: Joseph Thomasson
- 1952: Jock Halliday
- 1968: Stanley Gretton
- 1975: Sam Maddox
- 1979: Joe Marino
- 2010-present: Ronnie Draper[3]
References
- ↑ Bakers, Food and Allied Workers' Union: annual returns. UK Certification Officer.
- ↑ http://www.unionstogether.org.uk/pages/member_unions
- ↑ "Ronnie Draper is elected General Secretary". Autumn 2010. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
Further reading
- Arthur Marsh, Victoria Ryan and John B. Smethurst, Historical Directory of Trade Unions
External links
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