| LC control no. | nb2008015667 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Cousins, Frank, 1904-1986 |
| Birth date | 1904-09-08 |
| Death date | 1986-06-11 |
| Place of birth | Bulwell (Nottingham, England) |
| Affiliation | Transport and General Workers' Union (Great Britain) International Transport Workers' Federation Great Britain. Parliament |
| Profession or occupation | Labor union members Politicians |
| Found in | The awkard warrior, 1984: t.p. (Frank Cousins) Times obituary Wikipedia, July 26, 2016 (Frank Cousins; Frank Cousins PC (8 September 1904--11 June 1986) was a British trade union leader and Labour politician; he was born in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire and became a member of the road transport section of the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1933, before becoming a full-time official in July 1938; he was appointed National Secretary of Road Transport (Commercial) Group in October 1948, contested the TGWU Assistant General Secretaryship in 1948 and 1955, securing the position on the latter attempt; he was also elected to the Labour Party's National Executive Committee the same year, but resigned in March 1956; Cousins was appointed acting General Secretary of the TGWU in February 1956; he was elected General Secretary in May 1956 and held the position until 1969; from 1956 to 1969, he was a member of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress and was President of the International Transport Workers' Federation from 1958 to 1960 and 1962 to 1964; he served as Minister of Technology in Harold Wilson's Labour government from October 1964 until his resignation on 11 June 1966 to protest a Government-backed law freezing incomes and prices; he was also made a Privy Counsellor in 1964; he was elected Member of Parliament for Nuneaton at a by-election in January 1965 and remained an MP until November 1966) |
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