Английская Википедия:Alan Birch (trade unionist)

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:For Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox person John Alan Birch (20 December 1909 – 13 December 1961)[1] was a British trade union leader.

Early life

Born in Warrington, Birch worked in retail and joined the National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers (NUDAW) in 1927. He trained in secretarial skills in his spare time, and used this experience to become secretary of his union branch, then area organiser and national organiser.[2]

NUDAW merged to form the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers in 1947 and, two years later, Birch was elected as general secretary. While general secretary, he also served on the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), and chaired the TUC's Economic Committee.[2]

In his spare time, Birch sat on a large number of government committees and quangos, including the National Coal Board, Monopolies Commission, Economic Planning Board and Central Price Regulation Committee. He was given a knighthood in June 1961, but died later in the year.[2]

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  1. "Birch, Sir (John) Alan", Who Was Who
  2. 2,0 2,1 2,2 "Obituary: Sir Alan Birch", Annual Report of the 1962 Trades Union Congress, p.288