Frank Cousins (1904-1986) was a British trade union leader and Labour politician. He was born in Doncaster and became a full-time official in the road transport section of the Transport and General Workers' Union in July 1938. He was appointed National Secretary of Road Transport (Commercial) Group in October 1948, contested the TGWU Assistant General Secretaryship in 1948 and 1955, securing the position on the latter attempt. He was also elected to the Labour Party's National Executive Committee the same year, but resigned in March 1956. A union (labor union in American English; trade union, sometimes trades union, in British English; either labour union or trade union in Canadian English) is a legal entity consisting of employees or workers having a common interest, such as all the assembly workers for one employer, or all the workers... The Labour Party is the principal centrist/centre-left political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... Map sources for Doncaster at grid reference SE5702 Doncaster is a town in Yorkshire, England which has been recognised nationally as an emerging regional city . ... The Transport and General Workers Union, also known as the TGWU and the T&G, is one of the largest general trade unions in the United Kingdom and Ireland - where it is known as the Amalgamated TGWU - with 900,000 members (and was once the largest trade union in the... 1938 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Cousins was appointed acting General Secretary of the TGWU in February 1956, due to poor health on the part of Jock Tiffin. He was elected General Secretary in May 1956, following Tiffin's death, and held the position until 1969. From 1956 to 1969, he was a member of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress and was President of the International Transport Workers' Federation from 1958 to 1960 and 1962 to 1964. Arthur Ernest Tiffin (1896-27 December 1955), commonly known as Jock Tiffin, was the third General Secretary of the British Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU). ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Trades Union Congress headquarters at Congress House in Great Russell Street near Tottenham Court Road, Camden, London. ... The International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) is a global union federation of transport workers trade unions, founded in 1896. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Cousins also served as Minister of Technology in Harold Wilson's Labour government from October 1964 until his resignation in July 1966 and as MP for Nuneaton from January 1965 until November 1966. During this period Harry Nicholas took over as acting general secretary of the TGWU. This article is about the British politician. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Nuneaton is a town in the Nuneaton and Bedworth borough of northern Warwickshire in central England. ...

Arthur Ernest Tiffin (1896-27 December 1955), commonly known as Jock Tiffin, was the third General Secretary of the British Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU). ... The Transport and General Workers Union, also known as the TGWU and the T&G, is one of the largest general trade unions in the United Kingdom and Ireland - where it is known as the Amalgamated TGWU - with 900,000 members (and was once the largest trade union in the...