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Robert Williams (trade union leader)

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383: 158:, he was de-selected. He also stood down from his National Transport Workers' Federation post, the organisation having become increasingly irrelevant with the establishment of the 444: 419: 414: 360: 151: 328: 276: 113: 302: 131:, on 15 April 1921 Williams decided not to support strike action in support of miners who had seen their wages cut, a decision which became known as " 70: 439: 59: 449: 244: 159: 124: 429: 139: 86: 147: 143: 90: 166: 29: 98: 20: 294: 434: 370: 424: 128: 179: 78: 191: 135:". He was expelled from the Communist Party, and renewed his membership of the Labour Party the following year. 174: 73:. In this role, he unsuccessfully campaigned for its affiliates to amalgamate into a single union. He opposed 154:
of the party, serving as its chair in 1925. However, after criticising the attitude of the miners during the
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for talks on the founding of a new trade union international, which was formed the following year as the
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The Soviet System at Work: A series of articles contracted for but refused by the Daily Mail
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In 1920 he was part of a deputation of British trade unionists who travelled to
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Following his removal from all his labour movement posts, Williams supported
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split. Unable to find regular work, he committed suicide in 1936.
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In 1912, Williams was elected as the first secretary of the
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Williams also played a prominent role in establishing the
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General Secretaries and Presidents of the ITF 1896-2010
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Although the Transport Workers were signatories to the
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Robert Williams (disambiguation)

trade union
Swansea
Wales
coal trimmer
National Amalgamated Labourers' Union
Labour Party
National Transport Workers' Federation
World War I
Union of Democratic Control
Labour Party
Aberavon
1918 general election
October Revolution
Communist Party of Great Britain
Moscow
Red International of Labour Unions
International Transport Workers' Federation
Triple Alliance
Miners' Federation of Great Britain
National Union of Railwaymen
Black Friday
Coventry
1923
1924 general elections
National Executive Committee
1926 general strike
Transport and General Workers' Union
Amalgamated Marine Workers' Union

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