National League of the Blind and Disabled
The National League of the Blind and Disabled (NLBD), currently a section within the Community trade union, was a trade union in its own right in the United Kingdom throughout the twentieth century (1899-2000), and is said to be the oldest surviving disabled person's organisation in the world.
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| Full name | National League of the Blind and Disabled |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1899 |
| Members | 3,500 (1982)[1] |
| Journal | The Advocate[1] |
| Affiliation | TUC, Labour |
| Key people | Joe Mann (Secretary) |
| Office location | 465c Caledonian Road, London N7 9GX |
| Country | United Kingdom |
General Secretaries
- 1897: Ben Purse[8] (Northern Section of the League)[3]
- 1899: Peter Miller[8]
- 1900: William Banham[8]
- 1903: Joe Gregory[8]
- 1926: G. E. Glester[3]
- 1928: Alec Henderson[8]
- 1949: Thomas H. Smith[8]
- 1969: Thomas J. Parker[8]
- 1979: Mike Barrett[8]
- 1995: Joe Mann[8]
- 2013: John Park[3]
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References
- Marsh, Arthur (1984). Trade Union Handbook (3 ed.). Aldershot: Gower. pp. 146–147. ISBN 978-0566024269.
- Arthur Ivor Marsh, Trade Union Handbook, p.132
- Reiss, Matthias (2015). Blind workers against charity: the National League of the Blind of Great Britain and Ireland, 1893-1970. Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire. ISBN 978-1-137-36446-3. OCLC 898925093.
- "The National League of the Blind", Public and Commercial Services Union
- Margaret 'Espinasse, Dictionary of Labour Biography, vol.IV, pp.165-166
- Arthur Ivor Marsh, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, Vol. 5, p.480
- Baldwinson, Tony (2019). UPIAS - THE UNION OF PHYSICALLY IMPAIRED AGAINST SEGREGATION (1972-1990) : a public record from private files. Manchester: TBR Imprint. ISBN 1-913148-01-7. OCLC 1099943533.
- "Appendix A: Past Officers of the National League" (PDF). Retrieved 18 April 2018.
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