Ernest Bevin

Ernest Bevin in United Kingdom

Ernest Bevin History

British union leader and politician. Minister of Labour during the first world war and Foreign Secretary in the post-war Labour government. In 1922 was one of the founders of the Transport and General Workers’ Union (TGWU). A firm opponent of fascism and appeasement. In the Second World War Bevin sent 48,000 draftees (Bevin Boys) to work in the coal industry.


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