George Rix (trade unionist)
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George Rix (trade unionist)
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George Rix was a British trade union leader and politician. Born in East Dereham in Norfolk, Rix became a shopkeeper. He was a supporter of the National Agricultural Labourers' Union (NALU), and was elected as its district secretary. However, in 1878, he began arguing that, due to falling membership, the union needed to cut costs. This led him to fall out with the union's president, Joseph Arch, and Rix soon left the union. Rix founded the rival Norfolk Federal Union, based in Dereham, becoming
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British trade union leader and politician
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