About A. W. Burrows
Lived 1884 – 1966 (aged 81–82). A. W. Burrows was a trade unionist.
Alfred William Burrows (1884 – 28 March 1966) was a British trade unionist.
Born in Leicester, Burrows began working for a local co-operative retailer, and joined the Amalgamated Union of Co-operative Employees. In 1921, this became part of the National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers (NUDAW), and Burrows became its full-time Midlands Divisional Officer; he served until 1936, when he replaced John Jagger as Organising Secretary.
In 1947, NUDAW merged with the Shop Assistants' Union to form the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW), and Burrows was appointed joint assistant general secretary, with Joe Hiscock. Later that year, general secretary Joseph Hallsworth stood down, and Burrows became acting general secretary, also taking Hallsworth's place on the General Council of the Trades Union Congress. He retired in 1949.
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British trade unionist
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A. W. Burrows was born in 1884.
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A. W. Burrows died on 28 March 1966.
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A. W. Burrows was a trade unionist.
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