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G. H. Stuart-Bunning

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Stuart soon became the Secretary of the Federation and, in 1912, he was the main figure involved in founding the Civil Service Federation, a combination containing more than 100,000 members. Under his leadership, the Postmen's Federation opened up membership to women. Duncan Campbell-Smith
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in 1919, but became involved in various disputes, and resigned all his trade union positions later in the year. He instead became the British Labour representative to the
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describes him as the "single most impressive officer among all the postal union staffs", and he was centrally involved in the formation of the
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Stuart altered his surname to "Stuart-Bunning" in deference to his uncle, Theodore Bunning, manager of the
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seat, and was concerned that it would over-reach itself. Despite this,
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enthusiastically reported his criticisms of the ultimately successful
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Members of the Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress
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Masters of the Post: The Authorized History of the Royal Mail
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Beeston Brewery & Samuel Theodore Bunning (1846-1928)
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refused to back him, as the party already held the other
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Index


British
trade unionist
Oldham
postman
Postmen's Federation
Labour Party
York
1906 general election
1908 Dundee by-election
National Executive
Dundee
Keir Hardie
Liberal Party
Winston Churchill
Union of Post Office Workers
1914 North West Durham by-election
socialism
Independent Labour Party
J. M. McLachlan
Beeston
President of the Trades Union Congress
International Labour Organization
OBE
Order of the Crown
Justice of the Peace



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