1930s Daily Sketch trade union leader dies
10 June 2009
Bill Abbott, well-respected former official of print union
NATSOPA, has died aged 97. He worked in various capacities in
national newspaper offices, and in 1937 led the first strike by
office worker trade unionists in Fleet Street when office staff at
the Daily Sketch stopped work for 48 hours in solidarity action
with the NUJ.
Bill went on to represent admin worker members of NATSOPA
at all levels in the union, retiring in 1977 from his final role in
the union as full-time Assistant Branch Secretary of the
12,000-member LCA&EP Branch.
He was held in high regard by trade union colleagues and
members, using his experience to great effect in support of workers
during many negotiations and disputes organized by clerical workers
in pursuit of better pay and conditions in newspapers, magazine and
book publishing.
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