biography
pronunciation:
[kuhzinz]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1904–86)
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| biography:
| Trade-union leader, born in Nottingham, C England, UK. He worked in the pits at 14, turned lorry driver, and by 1938 was a full-time union organizer. In 1955 he became general secretary of the Transport and General Worker's Union. He was minister of technology (1964–6) until he resigned over the prices and incomes policy, MP for Nuneaton (1965–6), and chairman of the Community Relations Commission (1968–70). |
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