Cecil Heap
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Cecil Heap
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Cecil Heap was a British trade union leader and politician. The son of Fred Heap, Cecil was born in Bury, then in Lancashire. In 1919, Heap began working for the Manchester, Salford and District Weavers' Association. In 1925, the union's general secretary died, and Heap beat 26 other applicants in an exam set by the Amalgamated Weavers' Association, to win the post. The union was in decline, but Heap led an organising campaign which doubled its membership in five years, and also improved its fin
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British trade union leader and politician
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2022-04-28T20:00:21Z
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