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.

NLBD
Full nameNational League of the Blind and Disabled
Founded1899
Members3,500 (1982)[1]
JournalThe Advocate[1]
AffiliationTUC, Labour
Key peopleJoe Mann (Secretary)
Office location465c Caledonian Road, London N7 9GX
CountryUnited 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]

References
  1. Marsh, Arthur (1984). Trade Union Handbook (3 ed.). Aldershot: Gower. pp. 146–147. ISBN 978-0566024269.
  2. Arthur Ivor Marsh, Trade Union Handbook, p.132
  3. 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.
  4. "The National League of the Blind", Public and Commercial Services Union
  5. Margaret 'Espinasse, Dictionary of Labour Biography, vol.IV, pp.165-166
  6. Arthur Ivor Marsh, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, Vol. 5, p.480
  7. 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.
  8. "Appendix A: Past Officers of the National League" (PDF). Retrieved 18 April 2018.
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