Birmingham Trades Council

Birmingham Trades Council is the trades council body which brings together trade unionists from across Birmingham, England. Its headquarters were formerly in Digbeth, with a huge mural above the canteen area depicting the 1972 Battle of Saltley Gate.

Secretaries

Start of term	Secretary	Union^[1]
1866	Roger Batson	General Union of Carpenters and Joiners
1867	Robert McRae	United Kingdom Society of Coach Builders
1869	William Gilliver	Cordwainers
1878	C. R. Bowkett	House Painters
1880	J. T. Harlow	Typographical Association
1881	Ben Church	Typographical Association
1885	A. Haddleton	Flint Glass Makers
1895	S. G. Middleton	School Workers' Union
1898	Arthur Eades	Alliance Cabinet Makers' Association
1903	J. E. Berry	Amalgamated Society of Lithographic Printers
1913	J. Kesterton	Typographical Association
1919	F. W. Rudland	Typographical Association
1940	C. G. Spragg	Painters
1944	Harry Baker	Draughtsmen and Allied Technicians' Association
1966	David Perris	Theatre and Cinema Workers
1983	Mick Rice	Amalgamated Engineering Union

1869: Thomas Green^[1]

1870:

1871: H. Giles^[1]

1874:

1875: C. R. Bowkett^[1]

1878: J. Lewis^[1]

1880: Allan Grainger^[1]

1892: C. C. Cooke^[1]

1898: Henry Simpson

1899: Joseph Millington^[1]

1902:

1904: W. J. Morgan^[1]

1909:

1910: Joseph Kesterton

1912:

1914: E. E. Edwards^[1]

1916: G. Stanway^[1]

1917: F. W. Rudland^[1]

1919: F. E. Willis^[1]

1920: A. Shakespeare^[1]

1921: A. P. Cassidy^[1]

1922: H. G. Johnson^[1]

1924:

1929: H. G. Johnson^[1]

1933:

1937: C. G. Spragg^[1]

1939: Walter Samuel Lewis

1942: Ernest Haynes^[1]

1951: Bob Shorthouse^[1]

1955: George Varnom^[1]

1961: W. E. Jarvis^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x Corbett, Birmingham (1966). The Birmingham Trades Council: 1866-1966. London: Lawrence and Wishart.
^ David E. Martin, "Eades, Arthur", Dictionary of Labour Biography, vol.II, pp.131–132

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