Under Bonfield's leadership, the Typographical Association merged with the London Typographical Society to form the National Graphical Association. Bonfield became joint general secretary, with Robert Willis, working alone from 1965 to 1967 while Willis took a leave of absence, and serving permanently alone from 1969, when Willis retired.[1]
Bonfield retired from most of his trade union posts in 1974, although he remained general secretary of the NGA, and also on the Eastern Electricity Board, a part-time post he had held since 1968. He died on the 9th January 1976 in Brickhill near Milton Keynes.[1]
john, bonfield, john, martin, bonfield, 1915, january, 1976, british, trade, unionist, bornjohn, martin, bonfield1, 1915, 1915, englanddied9, january, 1976, 1976, aged, occupationtrade, unionist, bonfield, grew, hitchin, hertfordshire, before, becoming, printe. John Martin Bonfield 1 May 1915 9 January 1976 was a British trade unionist John BonfieldBornJohn Martin Bonfield1 May 1915 1915 05 EnglandDied9 January 1976 1976 01 10 aged 60 OccupationTrade unionist Bonfield grew up in Hitchin in Hertfordshire before becoming a printer He joined the Typographical Association becoming its National Assistant Secretary in 1948 then General President in 1955 and General Secretary in 1957 That year he was also elected to the executive of the International Graphical Federation becoming president in 1967 In 1961 he was also elected as President of the Printing and Kindred Trades Federation 1 Under Bonfield s leadership the Typographical Association merged with the London Typographical Society to form the National Graphical Association Bonfield became joint general secretary with Robert Willis working alone from 1965 to 1967 while Willis took a leave of absence and serving permanently alone from 1969 when Willis retired 1 Bonfield retired from most of his trade union posts in 1974 although he remained general secretary of the NGA and also on the Eastern Electricity Board a part time post he had held since 1968 He died on the 9th January 1976 in Brickhill near Milton Keynes 1 References edit a b c Bonfield John Martin Who Was Who Trade union offices Preceded byF C Blackburn General President of the Typographical Association1955 1957 Succeeded byFred Simmons Preceded byF C Blackburn General Secretary of the Typographical Association1957 1963 Succeeded byPosition abolished Preceded byBill Morrison President of the Printing and Kindred Trades Federation1961 1973 Succeeded byPosition abolished Preceded byNew position General Secretary of the National Graphical Association1964 1976 With Robert Willis 1964 1969 Succeeded byJoe Wade Preceded byErnst Leuenberger President of the International Graphical Federation1967 1976 Succeeded byLeonhard Mahlein Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Bonfield amp oldid 1182837363, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
