Arthur Pugh
Arthur Pugh (19 January 1870 – 2 August 1955) was a British trade unionist.
Born in Ross-on-Wye, Pugh was apprenticed to a farmer who also worked as a butcher, but soon moved to Neath to work in the steel industry, where he became active in the British Steel Smelters' Association. In 1901, he moved to Frodingham, Lincolnshire, and he became first Assistant Secretary and then Office Secretary of the union. In 1917, he played a leading role in the formation of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation (ISTC) and the British Iron, Steel and Kindred Trades Association, becoming the first General Secretary of the ISTC. He served as President of the Trades Union Congress in 1926, during the UK General Strike, was on the economic consultative committee of the League of Nations, and was active in running the Daily Herald newspaper. He retired from his union posts in 1935, receiving a knighthood, and wrote Men of Steel, a history of the metal-workers trade unions.[1]
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| Trade union offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Assistant General Secretary of the British Steel Smelters' Association 1906 – 1917 |
Succeeded by Position abolished |
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New position
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General Secretary of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation 1917–1935 |
Succeeded by John Brown |
| Preceded by | President of the Trades Union Congress 1926 |
Succeeded by George Hicks |
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New position
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Iron, Steel and Minor Metal Trades representative on the General Council of the TUC 1921 – 1935 With: William Kean |
Succeeded by John Brown and William Kean |
| Preceded by | Trades Union Congress representative to the American Federation of Labour 1927 With: Will Sherwood |
Succeeded by Ebby Edwards and John Marchbank |
