About Herbert Skinner
Born 1861. Herbert Skinner was a trade unionist.
John Herbert Sebastian Skinner (5 September 1861 – 2 June 1934) was a British trade unionist.
Skinner was born in Tiverton in Devon. He was living with a 27-year-old aunt prior to his 10th birthday. He worked as a compositor and moved to Kingston-upon-Hull to work at a newspaper there. He became involved with the Typographical Association, and in 1894 became its full-time National Organiser. From this post, he was promoted to Assistant General Secretary, then in 1900 was elected as its General Secretary.
During his time as General Secretary, Skinner devoted much effort to building links with other unions. He represented the Typographical Association to the Trades Union Congress (TUC), serving for a time on the General Council of the TUC,
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Herbert Skinner was born on 5 September 1861.
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