Fred Hague
Fred Hague (1912 – 12 November 1985) was a British trade unionist.
Hague worked as a cotton weaver and joined the Ashton-under-Lyne and District Weavers' Association in 1940.[1] He was elected as its general secretary by the mid-1950s,[2] and also became prominent in the Amalgamated Weavers' Association, to which it was affiliated.
Hague was elected as President of the Weavers' Amalgamation in 1964. He stood down in 1968 to serve a year as Chairman of the General Federation of Trade Unions, then in 1971 was elected as General Secretary of the Amalgamation.[3] He negotiated a merger with the National Union of Textile and Allied Workers which formed the Amalgamated Textile Workers' Union, serving as its joint General Secretary for a year, then solo for a further year, when he retired.[1]
References
- 1 2 Report of the 117th Trades Union Congress, p.390
- ↑ Report of the 1956 Trades Union Congress
- ↑ Edwin Hopwood, A History of the Lancashire Cotton Industry and the Amalgamated Weavers' Association, p.190
| Trade union offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Ernest Thornton |
President of the Amalgamated Weavers' Association 1964 – 1968 |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Frederick Charles Henry |
Chairman of the General Federation of Trade Unions 1969 |
Succeeded by James Browning |
| Preceded by Harry Kershaw |
General Secretary of the Amalgamated Weavers' Association 1971 – 1974 |
Succeeded by Position abolished |
| Preceded by New position |
General Secretary of the National Union of Textile and Allied Workers 1974 – 1976 With: Joe King (1974 – 1975) |
Succeeded by Jack Brown |