McKenna was born in Felling, Tyne and Wear, to an Irish father.[2][3] By 1885, McKenna was employed at an ironworks in Stockton-on-Tees, and he joined the National Association of Blastfurnacemen in 1889,[4] becoming an official of the renamed National Federation of Blastfurnacemen around 1899.[5] He was elected as secretary of the Cleveland and Durham Blastfurnacemen and Cokemen's Association in 1912,[6] then in 1914, he was elected as the federation's president,[4] and as its general secretary in 1917.[7]
thomas, mckenna, trade, unionist, thomas, mckenna, april, 1876, october, 1939, british, trade, unionist, mckenna, born, felling, tyne, wear, irish, father, 1885, mckenna, employed, ironworks, stockton, tees, joined, national, association, blastfurnacemen, 1889. Thomas McKenna 4 April 1876 1 13 October 1939 was a British trade unionist McKenna was born in Felling Tyne and Wear to an Irish father 2 3 By 1885 McKenna was employed at an ironworks in Stockton on Tees and he joined the National Association of Blastfurnacemen in 1889 4 becoming an official of the renamed National Federation of Blastfurnacemen around 1899 5 He was elected as secretary of the Cleveland and Durham Blastfurnacemen and Cokemen s Association in 1912 6 then in 1914 he was elected as the federation s president 4 and as its general secretary in 1917 7 Under McKenna s leadership the federation became a more centralised union the National Union of Blastfurnacemen Ore Miners Coke Workers and Kindred Trades 4 He also took part in the International Metalworkers Federation becoming secretary of its British section in 1930 5 In 1939 McKenna was appointed to the iron and steel control committee of the Ministry of Supply but he died later in the year 5 References edit Thomas McKenna trade union general secretary in Saltburn and Marske by the Sea Yorkshire 1939 England and Wales Register 1881 England Census 1911 England Census a b c Labour Party Report of the Labour Party Conference 1939 p 53 a b c Trades Union Congress Obituary Mr Thomas McKenna OBE Annual Report of the 1940 Trades Union Congress p 218 Peter Stubley The churches and the iron and steel industry in Middlesbrough 1890 1914 p 40 Arthur Marsh and Victoria Ryan Historical Directory of Trade Unions vol 2 p 279 Trade union offices Preceded byPatrick Walls Secretary of the National Union of Blastfurnacemen Ore Miners Coke Workers and Kindred Trades1917 1939 Succeeded byAmbrose Callighan Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Thomas McKenna trade unionist amp oldid 1081860582, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
