Alan Findlay
Alan Andrew Hart Findlay (1873 – 15 November 1943) was a Scottish trade unionist.
Born in Hurlford in Ayrshire, Findlay worked in the lace industry, as a coal-miner, and as a railway worker, then in an engineering plant and as a railway worker. There, he became involved in the United Patternmakers' Association, and in 1913 was elected as its Assistant General Secretary, followed in 1917 by election as General Secretary.[1]
Findlay represented the Patternmakers on the Federation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades, serving as its treasurer from 1921, then as its president from 1923 to 1925.[2] He was elected to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in 1921, and served as President of the TUC in 1935/36.[1]
Findlay retired from his union post in 1940,[3] and served as a member of a British industry mission to the United States the following year. He died in 1943, aged 70.[4]
References
- "New chairman of the TUC", Manchester Guardian, 26 September 1935
- The Labour Who's Who. London: Labour Publishing Company. 1927. p. 67.
- "Pattermakers' progress", Manchester Guardian, 18 November 1948
- "Mr A. A. H. Findlay", The Times, 17 November 1943
| Trade union offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by New position |
Assistant General Secretary of the United Patternmakers' Association 1913–1917 |
Succeeded by John Mills |
| Preceded by William Mosses |
General Secretary of the United Patternmakers Association 1917–1940 |
Succeeded by Wilfred Beard |
| Preceded by James Bell and James Thomas Brownlie |
Trades Union Congress representative to the American Federation of Labour 1930 With: Arthur Shaw |
Succeeded by John Beard and Frank Wolstencroft |
| Preceded by William Kean |
President of the Trades Union Congress 1935/36 |
Succeeded by Ernest Bevin |