Bill Maddocks

William Henry Maddocks (18 February 1921 23 August 1992) was a British trade union leader.

Maddocks grew up in Keighley, then in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He joined the National Union of Dyers, Bleachers and Textile Workers (NUDBTW), and became its full-time organiser for the West of England in 1963. He was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1975.[1]

In 1978, Maddocks was elected to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress and, the following year, he was elected as General Secretary of the NUDBTW.[1] He was a more left-wing figure than the union's previous leaders, and described one of his predecessors, Jack Peel, as a "Judas" for his criticisms of British trade unions while Director of Industrial Relations at the European Economic Community's Social Affairs Directorate.[2]

Maddocks organised a merger of the NUDBTW into the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU), which was completed in 1982. Although he was expected to take up a post as a National Secretary of the TGWU,[3] his health was poor, and he decided instead to retire.[4]

References

  1. "Maddocks, William Henry", Who Was Who
  2. Eaton, Jack; Gill, Colin (1981). The Trade Union Directory. London: Pluto Press. p. 179.
  3. IRIS News, vols.26-29, p.12
  4. The International Dyer, Textile Printer, Bleacher and Finisher, vol.167, p.17
Trade union offices
Preceded by
Fred Dyson
General Secretary of the National Union of Dyers, Bleachers and Textile Workers
1979 1982
Succeeded by
Position abolished
Preceded by
Fred Dyson
Textiles Group representative on the General Council of the Trades Union Congress
1978 1982
Succeeded by
Eddie Haigh
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