Forden worked for many years as a bus driver in Manchester. He joined the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU) in 1924, and became secretary of his union branch in 1943. In 1949, he was elected to the General Executive Council of the TGWU, and he served as vice-chairman and then, from 1960, as chairman of the council and president of the union.[1][2]
In 1958, Forden was elected to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), despite still working on the buses, it being a tradition of the TGWU that one their nominees would not work full time for the union. He served until 1964, when he agreed to stand down, in order that Frank Cousins could take his place.[1][3] He instead won election to the General Purposes Committee of the TUC.[1]
Forden was elected to the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party in 1968, replacing Harry Nicholas, who had been appointed as General Secretary of the Labour Party.[4] While on the body, he chaired the party's Staff Negotiations Committee.[2]
forden, leonard, forden, 1910, march, 1977, british, trade, unionist, served, both, general, council, trades, union, congress, national, executive, committee, labour, party, forden, worked, many, years, driver, manchester, joined, transport, general, workers, . Leonard Forden 1910 5 March 1977 was a British trade unionist He served on both the General Council of the Trades Union Congress and the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party Forden worked for many years as a bus driver in Manchester He joined the Transport and General Workers Union TGWU in 1924 and became secretary of his union branch in 1943 In 1949 he was elected to the General Executive Council of the TGWU and he served as vice chairman and then from 1960 as chairman of the council and president of the union 1 2 In 1958 Forden was elected to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress TUC despite still working on the buses it being a tradition of the TGWU that one their nominees would not work full time for the union He served until 1964 when he agreed to stand down in order that Frank Cousins could take his place 1 3 He instead won election to the General Purposes Committee of the TUC 1 Forden was elected to the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party in 1968 replacing Harry Nicholas who had been appointed as General Secretary of the Labour Party 4 While on the body he chaired the party s Staff Negotiations Committee 2 Forden also served as a delegate to the International Transport Workers Federation and the Manchester and Salford Trades Council From 1960 he served on the National Advisory Council on the Employment of the Disabled In his spare time he was a magistrate 1 Forden retired from his posts in 1975 and died two years later 1 References edit a b c d e Obituary Leonard Forden Annual Report of the Trades Union Congress 310 1977 a b Obituaries Report of the Annual Conference of the Labour Party 78 1977 Stewart Margaret 1958 Frank Cousins a study Hutchinson p 150 untitled article Commercial Motor 30 August 1968 Retrieved 3 April 2018 Trade union officesPreceded byEdgar Fryer President of the Transport and General Workers Union1960 1975 Succeeded byStan Pemberton Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Len Forden amp oldid 1087819460, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
