Anne Loughlin

Dame Anne Loughlin, DBE ( born June 28, 1894 in Leeds, † July 14, 1979 ) was a British same official.

Biography

After school, she was a worker in a clothing factory where she came in contact with the union early. In 1916 she was the main organizer of the strike of Hebden Bridge, at the 6,000 employees of the textile industry went on strike. In 1920 her appointment as Commissioner of the woman Schneider and Textile Workers ' Union ( Tailors and Garment Workers Union), in which they tirelessly for a review of working conditions and the strengthening of trade union influence began in the textile mills.

Later she was a member of various government committees such as the Royal Commission on Equal Pay. 1943 was raised Anne Loughlin as the first same official to Dame of the British Empire (DBE ). In the same year it was also for one year, the first female president of the Trades Union Congress, the Confederation of British unions. In 1948 she was finally Secretary General of Tailors and Garment Workers Union.