Birmingham Trades Council
# Birmingham Trades Council

Birmingham Trades Council is the trades council body which brings together trade unionists from across Birmingham, England. Its headquarters were formerly in Digbeth, with a huge mural above the canteen area depicting the 1972 Battle of Saltley Gate.

## Secretaries

| Start of term | Secretary | Union |
| - | - | - |
| 1866 | Roger Batson | General Union of Carpenters and Joiners |
| 1867 | Robert McRae | United Kingdom Society of Coach Builders |
| 1869 | William Gilliver | Cordwainers |
| 1878 | C. R. Bowkett | House Painters |
| 1880 | J. T. Harlow | Typographical Association |
| 1881 | Ben Church | Typographical Association |
| 1885 | A. Haddleton | Flint Glass Makers |
| 1895 | S. G. Middleton | School Workers' Union |
| 1898 | Arthur Eades | Alliance Cabinet Makers' Association |
| 1903 | J. E. Berry | Amalgamated Society of Lithographic Printers |
| 1913 | J. Kesterton | Typographical Association |
| 1919 | F. W. Rudland | Typographical Association |
| 1940 | C. G. Spragg | Painters |
| 1944 | Harry Baker | Draughtsmen and Allied Technicians' Association |
| 1966 | David Perris | Theatre and Cinema Workers |
| 1983 | Mick Rice | Amalgamated Engineering Union |

## Presidents

    1869: Thomas Green
    1870:
    1871: H. Giles
    1874:
    1875: C. R. Bowkett
    1878: J. Lewis
    1880: Allan Grainger
    1887: John Valentine Stevens
    1889: Alfred Jephcott
    1892: C. C. Cooke
    1895: Arthur Eades
    1898: Henry Simpson
    1899: Joseph Millington
    1902:
    1904: W. J. Morgan
    1909:
    1910: Joseph Kesterton
    1912:
    1914: E. E. Edwards
    1916: G. Stanway
    1917: F. W. Rudland
    1919: F. E. Willis
    1920: A. Shakespeare
    1921: A. P. Cassidy
    1922: H. G. Johnson
    1924:
    1929: H. G. Johnson
    1933:
    1937: C. G. Spragg
    1939: Walter Samuel Lewis
    1942: Ernest Haynes
    1951: Bob Shorthouse
    1955: George Varnom
    1961: W. E. Jarvis
