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Bryn Roberts (7 April 1897 – 26 August 1964) was a Welsh trade union leader. Roberts grew up in Abertillery, leaving school at the age of thirteen to work at a colliery. He joined the South Wales Miners' Federation (SWMF), and won a union scholarship to attend the Central Labour College in 1919. Two years later, he returned to Wales and was elected as checkweighman for Rhymney, then worked full-time for the union as its agent for Rhymney Valley and sat on its executive. He was also elected as a local councillor for the Labour Party. In 1929 he finished second behind Aneurin Bevan in the contest to find a Labour candidate for the Ebbw Vale constituency.

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rdfs:comment	Bryn Roberts (7 April 1897 – 26 August 1964) was a Welsh trade union leader. Roberts grew up in Abertillery, leaving school at the age of thirteen to work at a colliery. He joined the South Wales Miners' Federation (SWMF), and won a union scholarship to attend the Central Labour College in 1919. Two years later, he returned to Wales and was elected as checkweighman for Rhymney, then worked full-time for the union as its agent for Rhymney Valley and sat on its executive. He was also elected as a local councillor for the Labour Party. In 1929 he finished second behind Aneurin Bevan in the contest to find a Labour candidate for the Ebbw Vale constituency. (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Rhymney 1964 deaths National Union of Public Employees Welsh trade unionists Harry N. Harrison 1897 births Trade union Trades Union Congress Welsh people Abertillery People from Abertillery Central Labour College Checkweighman Edward Hough General Secretaries of the National Union of Public Employees Labour Party (UK) Bill Bayliss George Walker Thomson Jack Tanner (trade unionist) Jack Wills (trade unionist) South Wales Miners' Federation Walter Lewis (trade unionist) Ness Edwards Sydney Hill American Federation of Labour Colliery
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