Walter Lee (trade unionist)

Walter N. Lee (1904 – 16 February 1967) was a British trade union leader.

Lee began working in a cotton spinning room at the age of twelve. He joined the Oldham Operative Cotton Spinners' Association, eventually becoming its assistant secretary, then, in 1953, its general secretary.[1]

The Oldham Spinners were affiliated to the Amalgamated Association of Operative Cotton Spinners, and in 1960 Lee was additionally elected as its president. This was followed, in 1965, by his election as general secretary of the Spinners' Union.[2][3]

Lee was also active in the Labour Party, and from 1959 served as an elected auditor of the party's accounts.[2] He also served on the Textile Council, as a magistrate, and on the Oldham Health Executive Committee.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Obituary: Walter N. Lee". Annual Report of the Trades Union Congress: 437. 1967.
  2. 1 2 "Deaths: Walter Lee". Annual Report of the Labour Party Conference. 66: 32. 1967.
  3. ↑ Marsh, Arthur; Ryan, Victoria; Smethurst, John B. (1994). Historical Directory of Trade Unions. 4. Farnham: Ashgate. ISBN 9780859679008.
Trade union offices
Preceded by
Albert Knowles		 General Secretary of the Oldham Operative Cotton Spinners' Association
1953–1967		 Succeeded by
Frederick Mayall
Preceded by
James Whitworth		 President of the Amalgamated Association of Operative Cotton Spinners
1960–1965		 Succeeded by
Joseph Richardson
Preceded by
James Whitworth		 General Secretary of the Amalgamated Association of Operative Cotton Spinners
1965–1967		 Succeeded by
Joseph Richardson
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