Herbert Bullock

Herbert Lionel Bullock (1885 September 1967) was a British trade unionist.

Born in Bristol, Bullock began working at the age of eleven.[1] He joined the National Union of Gas Workers and General Labourers early in life.[2] His union merged into the National Union of General and Municipal Workers (NUGMW), and in 1926, he began working for it full-time. In 1935, he was appointed as the NUGMW's National Industrial Officer, and this led, two years later, to a seat on the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC).[1]

Bullock devoted the remainder of his working life to the union, chairing the TUC's education and local government committees, serving for the International Labour Organisation, and taking a particular interest in adult education. He also sat on the National Arbitration Tribunal Panel, and the Royal Commission on Taxation and Profits.[1]

Bullock was elected as President of the TUC for 1950, following which, he retired. In retirement, he still continued to attend the TUC as a guest, and died in 1967 in a hotel in between sessions of congress.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Trades Union Congress, Report of the 1967 Annual Trades Union Congress, p.436
  2. "The New Chairman", Labour, vol.12, p.450
Trade union offices
Preceded by
Arthur Deakin and Robert Openshaw
Trades Union Congress representative to the American Federation of Labour
1948
With: William Harold Hutchinson
Succeeded by
Lincoln Evans and Tom Williamson
Preceded by
Will Lawther
President of the Trades Union Congress
1949/50
Succeeded by
Alfred Roberts
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