Fred Bramley was the second General Secretary

General Secretary

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 of the British Trade Union Congress (TUC).

Born in Pool near Otley

Otley

-Transport:The main roads through the town are the A660 to the south east, which connects Otley to Bramhope, Adel and Leeds city centre, and the A65 to the west, which goes to Ilkley and Skipton. The A6038 heads to Guiseley, Shipley and Bradford, connecting with the A65...

 in the West Riding of Yorkshire

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, Bramley worked as a cabinet maker and joined the Independent Labour Party

Independent Labour Party

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. Also active in the Clarion

Clarion

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 movement, he became an official in the National Amalgamated Furnishing Trade union, then TUC assistant secretary in 1917 and general secretary in 1923. He joined a delegation to the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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in 1924 and died, in office, in 1925.

Sources

• TUC History Online