About Walter Stevens
Lived 1904 – 1954 (aged 50). Walter Stevens was a politician and trade unionist.
Walter Charles Stevens (26 September 1904 – 24 October 1954) was a British trade union leader.
Born in Woolwich, Stevens began working at the age of ten, and completed an apprenticeship as an electrician by age twenty. He soon became a sound engineer at Denham Studios, and was also active in the Electrical Trades Union (ETU).
By the time he reached his thirties, Stevens was a full-time union official in the ETU. He served for a while as London Area Secretary, and in 1942 was elected Assistant General Secretary. It was a landslide victory, with more than three times the vote total of his opponent.
During his tenure in office, Stevens moved the union in a more militant direction. He organised a wave of strikes in late 1953 and early 1954.
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Who was Walter Stevens?
British trade unionist (1904-1954)
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Walter Stevens was born on 26 September 1904.
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Walter Stevens died on 24 October 1954.
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Walter Stevens was a politician and trade unionist.
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