Post Office Engineering Union
Post Office Engineering Union | |
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Merged into | National Communications Union |
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Founded | 1915 |
Dissolved | 1985 |
Headquarters | Greystoke House, Brunswick Road, London |
Location | |
Members | 130,000 (1983) |
Publication | POEU Journal |
Affiliations | TUC, PTTI |
The Post Office Engineering Union (POEU) was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It represented engineering staff in the Post Office, mostly working in telecommunications.[1]
History[]
The union was founded in 1915 when the and the merged, to form the Post Office Amalgamated Engineering and Stores Association.[2] In 1922, following the establishment of the Irish Free State, the union's Irish section split away to form the Irish Post Office Engineering Union.[3] In 1925, the joined the union.[4] However, by 1939, membership was only 39,000.[1]
By 1983, the POEU was the twentieth largest union in the UK, with membership around 130,000.[1] In 1985, it merged with the Postal and Telecommunications Group of the Civil and Public Services Association, forming the National Communications Union.[4]
Election results[]
The union sponsored Labour Party candidates in each Parliamentary election from 1966 onwards.
Leadership[]
General Secretaries[]
- 1915: Charles Howard Smith
- 1938: John Edwards
- 1947: Douglas Coward
- 1953: Charles Delacourt-Smith
- 1972: Bryan Stanley
Presidents[]
- 1915: E. W. Bennett
- 1921: H. A. Barclay
- 1924: E. W. Goodwin
- 1926: H. G. Hill
- 1933: C. T. Saunders
- 1934: E. W. Goodwin
- 1935: C. J. Connelly
- 1936: A. V. Games
- 1939: Ernie Power
- 1951: W. J. A. Hughes
- 1952: L. G. Fox
- 1955: W. J. Jones
- 1956: Stan Rosser
- 1970: John Scott-Garner
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Clark, Jon; McLoughlin, Ian; Rose, Howard; King, Robin (1988). Clark, Jon (ed.). The Process of Technological Change: New technology and social choice in the workplace. Cambridge Studies in Management. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 63. ISBN 0-521-38698-5. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- ^ London Metropolitan University (London North campus): Post Office Engineering Union, AIM25.
- ^ John P. Smethurst and Peter Carter, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, p. 456.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Post Office Engineering Union Research Department 1887-1994
- ^ Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp. 158–180.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Ninth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp. 289–312.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g Labour Party, Report of the Seventy-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp. 371–390.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Labour Party, Report of the Seventy-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp. 391–411.
External links[]
- Catalogue of the POEU archives, held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
- Catalogue of the POESA archives, held at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
- Post Office Engineering Union
- Trade unions established in 1915
- Trade unions disestablished in 1985
- Defunct trade unions of the United Kingdom
- Postal trade unions
- 1915 establishments in the United Kingdom
- United Kingdom trade union stubs