Ben Tillett
id:
ben-tillett-163-13915367
title:
Ben Tillett
text:
Benjamin Tillett was a British socialist, trade union leader and politician. He was a leader of the "new unionism" of 1889, that focused on organizing unskilled workers. He played a major role in founding the Dockers Union, and played a prominent role as a strike leader in dock strikes in 1911 and 1912. He enthusiastically supported the war effort in the First World War. He was pushed aside by Ernest Bevin during the consolidation that created the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1922, wh
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
British politician (1860–1943)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Tillett
date created:
2005-06-04T07:04:35Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T13:44:56Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q3595574","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3595574"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0e/Ben_Tillett_in_1920.jpg","width":739,"height":1024}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16