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Union of Communication Workers, the Glossary

The Union of Communication Workers (UCW) was a trade union in the United Kingdom for workers in the post office and telecommunications industries.^[1]

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Communications trade unions
Trade unions disestablished in 1995

Alan Johnson

Alan Arthur Johnson (born 17 May 1950) is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Education and Skills from 2006 to 2007, Secretary of State for Health from 2007 to 2009, Home Secretary from 2009 to 2010, and Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2010 to 2011.

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Alan Tuffin

Alan Tuffin (2 August 1933 – 10 November 2017) was a British trade union leader.

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Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven (UK Parliament constituency)

Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since the 2024 general election by Chris Ward of the Labour Party.

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Bristol East (UK Parliament constituency)

Bristol East is a constituency recreated in 1983 covering the eastern part of the City of Bristol, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Kerry McCarthy of the Labour Party.

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Bristol North East (UK Parliament constituency)

Bristol North East is a borough constituency in the city of Bristol.

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Bury (UK Parliament constituency)

Bury was a borough constituency centred on the town of Bury in Lancashire.

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Camberwell North (UK Parliament constituency)

Camberwell North was a borough constituency located in the Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell, in South London.

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Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency)

Carlisle is a constituency in Cumbria represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Julie Minns of the Labour Party.

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Charles Geddes, Baron Geddes of Epsom

Charles John Geddes, Baron Geddes of Epsom, CBE (1 March 1897 – 2 May 1983) was a British trade unionist.

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Clapham

Clapham is a district in south west London, England, lying mostly within the London Borough of Lambeth, but with some areas (including Clapham Common) extending into the neighbouring London Borough of Wandsworth.

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Clitheroe (UK Parliament constituency)

Clitheroe was a parliamentary constituency in Lancashire.

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Communication Workers Union (United Kingdom)

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) is the main trade union in the United Kingdom for people working for telephone, cable, digital subscriber line (DSL) and postal delivery companies. Union of Communication Workers and Communication Workers Union (United Kingdom) are communications trade unions.

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Crewe (UK Parliament constituency)

Crewe was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1983.

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Derek Hodgson (trade unionist)

Derek Hodgson (born 1941) is a former Welsh trade union leader.

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Droylsden (UK Parliament constituency)

Droylsden was a parliamentary constituency in the historic county of Lancashire in the North West of England.

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Dumfriesshire (UK Parliament constituency)

Dumfriesshire was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of Great Britain (at Westminster) from 1708 to 1801 and in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (also at Westminster) from 1801 until 2005.

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Edgar Hardcastle

Edgar Richard "Hardy" Hardcastle (1899 – June 1995) was a theoretician of Marxist economics.

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Falkirk East (UK Parliament constituency)

Falkirk East was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005.

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Fawcett Association

The Fawcett Association was a trade union representing postal clerks in London.

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February 1974 United Kingdom general election

The February 1974 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 28 February 1974.

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Gateshead West (UK Parliament constituency)

Gateshead West was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1950 to 1983.

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Hampstead (UK Parliament constituency)

Hampstead was a borough constituency, centered on the Hampstead area of North London.

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Harborough, Oadby and Wigston (UK Parliament constituency)

Harborough, Oadby and Wigston is a constituency covering the south east of Leicestershire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Neil O'Brien of the Conservative Party.

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Heston and Isleworth (UK Parliament constituency)

Heston and Isleworth was a constituency between 1945 and 1974 for the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.

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Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a social democratic political party in the United Kingdom that sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum.

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Manchester Openshaw (UK Parliament constituency)

Manchester Openshaw was a parliamentary constituency centred on the Openshaw district of Manchester.

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Mitcham (UK Parliament constituency)

Mitcham was a constituency comprising the emerging Mitcham, Wallington and Beddington suburbs of South London and until 1945 that of Carshalton, its largest of the area's four traditional divisions, in its south-west.

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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick

The Modern Records Centre (MRC) is the specialist archive service of the University of Warwick in Coventry, England, located adjacent to the Central Campus Library.

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Na h-Eileanan an Iar (UK Parliament constituency)

italics, formerly Western Isles, is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, created in 1918.

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National Communications Union

The National Communications Union (NCU) was a trade union in the United Kingdom. Union of Communication Workers and National Communications Union are communications trade unions, Defunct trade unions of the United Kingdom, trade unions disestablished in 1995 and United Kingdom trade union stubs.

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Newport (Monmouthshire) (UK Parliament constituency)

Newport was a borough constituency in Monmouthshire from 1918 to 1983.

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October 1974 United Kingdom general election

The October 1974 United Kingdom general election took place on Thursday 10 October 1974 to elect 635 members of the House of Commons.

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Post office

A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery.

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Postal and Telegraph Clerks' Association

The Postal and Telegraph Clerks' Association (PTCA) was a trade union in the United Kingdom for workers in the post office and telecommunications industries. Union of Communication Workers and Postal and Telegraph Clerks' Association are communications trade unions, Defunct trade unions of the United Kingdom and United Kingdom trade union stubs.

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Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International

The Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International (PTTI) was a global union federation bringing together unions of communications workers worldwide. Union of Communication Workers and Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International are communications trade unions.

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Postmen's Federation

The Postmen's Federation was a trade union representing postal workers in the United Kingdom. Union of Communication Workers and Postmen's Federation are Defunct trade unions of the United Kingdom.

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Ron Smith (trade unionist)

Ron Smith CBE (15 July 1915 – 20 October 1999) was a British trade unionist.

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Stirling and Falkirk (UK Parliament constituency)

Stirling and Falkirk Burghs was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918, comprising the burghs of Stirling, Falkirk and Grangemouth.

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Stockton-on-Tees (UK Parliament constituency)

Stockton-on-Tees is a former borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Telecommunications

Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information with an immediacy comparable to face-to-face communication.

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Thomas Jackson (trade unionist)

Thomas Jackson (9 April 1925 – 6 June 2003) was a British trade unionist and is best remembered as the General Secretary of the Union of Post Office Workers who led 200,000 members into a 47-day strike in 1971, the first national postal strike.

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Tony Clarke, Baron Clarke of Hampstead

Anthony James Clarke, Baron Clarke of Hampstead, CBE (called Tony; born 17 April 1932) is an English trade unionist and Labour Party politician.

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Trade union

A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages and benefits, improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of employees (rules governing promotions, just-cause conditions for termination) and protecting and increasing the bargaining power of workers.

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Trades Union Congress

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is a national trade union centre, a federation of trade unions that collectively represent most unionised workers in England and Wales.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.

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Walter Baker (British politician)

Walter John Baker (1876 – 2 December 1930) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol East from 1923 until his death.

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Walthamstow East (UK Parliament constituency)

Walthamstow East was a parliamentary constituency in what was then the Municipal Borough of Walthamstow in east London.

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Will Lockyer

William Lockyer (1875 – 19 February 1959) was a British politician and trade unionist, who served on the London County Council.

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William Bowen (British politician)

Sir John William Bowen CBE (8 May 1876 – 1 April 1965), known as William Bowen, was a British trade unionist and politician.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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1922 United Kingdom general election

The 1922 United Kingdom general election was held on Wednesday 15 November 1922.

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1923 United Kingdom general election

The 1923 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 6 December 1923.

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1924 United Kingdom general election

The 1924 United Kingdom general election was held on Wednesday 29 October 1924, as a result of the defeat of the Labour minority government, led by Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, in the House of Commons on a motion of no confidence.

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1929 United Kingdom general election

The 1929 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 30 May 1929, and resulted in a hung parliament.

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1931 United Kingdom general election

The 1931 United Kingdom general election was held on Tuesday, 27 October 1931.

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1935 United Kingdom general election

The 1935 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 14 November.

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1945 United Kingdom general election

The 1945 United Kingdom general election was a national election held on Thursday 5 July 1945, but polling in some constituencies was delayed by some days, and the counting of votes was delayed until 26 July to provide time for overseas votes to be brought to Britain.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_Communication_Workers

Also known as Union of Post Office Workers.

Union of Communication Workers, the Glossary

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See also

Communications trade unions

Trade unions disestablished in 1995

References