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John Batchelor (trade unionist)

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John Batchelor (1842 – 15 February 1929) was a British trade unionist.

Batchelor worked as a bricklayer in Kensington. In 1868, he joined the Operative Bricklayers' Society, and soon afterwards, he was elected as secretary of his branch. He devoted a large amount of his time to the union, rising to become chairman of its executive then, in 1891, its full-time general secretary.[1]

Batchelor also became increasingly associated with the trade union "Junta", counting Robert Applegarth, C. J. Drummond, George Howell, George Odger and George Shipton as close friends.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Trades Union Congress, "Obituary: Mr John Batchelor", Annual Report of the 1929 Trades Union Congress, p.268
  2. ^ Labour Party, Report of the 29th Annual Conference, p.61
Trade union offices
Preceded by Secretary of the Operative Bricklayers' Society
1891–1919
Succeeded by