Lou Lewis (27 July 1939 – 11 January 2010) was a trade unionist and activist in London.[1]
Biography
editLou Lewis was born in Liverpool on 27 July 1939 and joined the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers (ASW) at the start of his carpentry apprenticeship.[2]
He was the union convener at the Barbican site in central London, where he led several so-called wildcat disputes and a lengthy strike in 1967, which called for better working conditions and pay for building workers.[3] He was organiser of the London Joint Sites Committee which brought together building workers across London.[4]
Lewis was a founding member Building Workers’ Charter movement which was active in opposing the Lump Labour Scheme.[5][6][7]
Later, the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers (ASW) joined the AUBTW to form the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers, Painters and Builders (ASWPB), and in December 1971, the name was changed to the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (UCATT). Lewis became UCATT Regional Secretary for the London South East Region, and he was a key member of the Communist Party's Executive Committee (during the 70s and onwards).[5]
He died on 11 January 2010, at the age of 71.
References
edit- ^ " UCATT - Building Worker -Spring 2010
- ^ Wall, Christine; Clarke, Linda; McGuire, Charlie; Muñoz-Rojas, Olivia (2012). Building the Barbican 1962 – 1982: taking the industry out of the dark ages (PDF). London: University of Westminster. ISBN 978-0-903109-34-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
- ^ Construction.co.uk
- ^ Izbicki, John (29 March 1967). "Complete Standstill Threat to Barbican". The Daily Telegraph. London. p. 22. Retrieved 24 June 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b www.grahamstevenson.me.uk
- ^ International Socialism, No.75, February 1975, pp.22-27.
- ^ Building workers: The great strike of 1972
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