Joe King (trade unionist)

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Joseph King (28 November 1914 – 21 September 1989) was a British trade unionist.

King grew up in Atherton and left school at the age of fourteen, finding work in a local cotton mill. He joined the Amalgamated Association of Card and Blowing and Ring Room Operatives (Cardroom Amalgamation), and also the Labour Party; in 1949, he was elected to Tyldesley Urban District Council.[1]

King subsequently became a full-time organiser for the Cardroom Amalgamation, then the secretary of its North East Lancashire district. In 1962, he was elected as the union's general secretary, and served on the General Council of the Trades Union Congress from 1972. During this period, the cotton industry was in steep decline, and King negotiated a merger with the Amalgamated Weavers' Association in 1974, forming the Amalgamated Textile Workers' Union; he served as joint general secretary of the new union for a year. In 1975, King became an adviser to the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, serving for three years.[1]

In his spare time, King was the founder and president of the Accrington Pakistan Friendship Association, and he also served as a magistrate.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c "KING, Joseph", Who Was Who
Trade union offices
Preceded by General Secretary of the Cardroom Amalgamation
1962–1974 		Succeeded by
Position abolished
Preceded by
New position
 General Secretary of the Amalgamated Textile Workers' Union
1974–1975
With: Fred Hague 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Textiles Group representative on the General Council of the Trades Union Congress
1972 – 1975 		Succeeded by
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