Post Office Engineering Union
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]
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 |
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Members | 130,000 (1983) |
Publication | POEU Journal |
Affiliations | TUC, PTTI |
History
editThe union was founded in 1915 when the Post Office Engineering and Stores Association and the Amalgamated Society of Telephone Employees 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 Post Office Telegraph Mechanicians' Society 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
editThe union sponsored Labour Party candidates in each Parliamentary election from 1966 onwards.
Leadership
editGeneral Secretaries
edit- 1915: Charles Howard Smith
- 1938: John Edwards
- 1947: Douglas Coward
- 1953: Charles Delacourt-Smith
- 1972: Bryan Stanley
Presidents
edit- 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Labour Party, Report of the Sixty-Ninth Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp. 289–312.
- ^ a b c d e f g Labour Party, Report of the Seventy-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp. 371–390.
- ^ a b Labour Party, Report of the Seventy-Third Annual Conference of the Labour Party, pp. 391–411.
External links
edit- 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