Joseph O'Hagan

Joseph O'Hagan (born 18 March 1900), often known as Joe O'Hagan, was a British trade union leader.

Born in Workington, O'Hagan started work at the age of fourteen for the United Steel Companies,^[1] and immediately joined the National Federation of Blastfurnacemen, Ore Miners and Kindred Trades (NUB).^[1][2] He was successful, becoming a blastfurnace keeper before he took up full-time union work in 1939.^[3]

O'Hagan took on a succession of roles in the union, becoming General President in 1948,^[2] and then, in 1953, General Secretary,^[2] serving until his retirement in 1968.^[1] In 1958, he was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire.^[2]

O'Hagan served on the Iron and Steel Industrial Training Board and the National Safety Committee, and was a delegate to the International Labour Conference.^[2] He was also elected to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in 1954,^[1] and served as the President of the TUC in 1966.^[4]

After leaving his union duties, O'Hagan served as a director of British Steel's General Steels section until his final retirement in 1971.^[5]

References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 AEU Monthly Journal (March 1969), pp.7-8
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 6th Constitutional Convention of the Canadian Labour Congress, p.58
3. ↑ The British Steelmaker, Vol.37, p.24
4. ↑ "Details of Past Congresses", Trades Union Congress
5. ↑ Metal Construction and British Welding Journal, Vol.3, No.2, p.296