Will Lawther
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William 'Will' Lawther (* 20. Mai 1889 in , Northumberland; † 1. Februar 1976) war ein britischer Gewerkschafter und Politiker (Labour Party).
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Sir William Lawther (20 May 1889 – 1 February 1976) was a politician and trade union leader in the United Kingdom. Born in Choppington, in Northumberland, Lawther was educated at Choppington Colliery School, then became a coal miner. He became active in the Northumberland Miners' Association, which funded him to study at the Central Labour College. Lawther retired from his trade union posts in 1954, and died in 1976.
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Will Lawther
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Will Lawther
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Position abolished
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Jim Kelly and Tom Yates
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New position
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Lincoln Evans and Tom Williamson
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Trades Union Congress representative to the American Federation of Labour
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Secretary of the Miners' International Federation
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President of the National Union of Mineworkers
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Member of Parliament for Barnard Castle
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President of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain
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Vice-President of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain
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William 'Will' Lawther (* 20. Mai 1889 in , Northumberland; † 1. Februar 1976) war ein britischer Gewerkschafter und Politiker (Labour Party).
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Sir William Lawther (20 May 1889 – 1 February 1976) was a politician and trade union leader in the United Kingdom. Born in Choppington, in Northumberland, Lawther was educated at Choppington Colliery School, then became a coal miner. He became active in the Northumberland Miners' Association, which funded him to study at the Central Labour College. Lawther was active in the Labour Party, standing unsuccessfully for the party in South Shields at the 1922, 1923 and 1924 United Kingdom general elections. From 1925 to 1929, he served on Durham County Council. At the 1929 United Kingdom general election, he switched to contest Barnard Castle, winning the seat, though he was defeated in 1931. Out of Parliament, Lawther returned to trade unionism. He was elected to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in 1935, and as President of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB) in 1939. The MFGB became the National Union of Mineworkers, with Lawther remaining president. In 1949, he was President of the TUC, and later that year, he was knighted. Lawther retired from his trade union posts in 1954, and died in 1976. Since his death, declassified archives have shown that Will Lawther had covertly been working with a secret Cold War propaganda department attached to the British Foreign Office called the Information Research Department, and was paid by the British government to promote anti-communist material.
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