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Frank Cousins PC (8 September 1904 – 11 June 1986) was a British trade union leader and Labour politician. He was born in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire. His father was a miner and Frank followed him into this industry in 1918, joining the Yorkshire Miners' Association. However after five years he became a lorry driver, originally driving coal, and then in 1931 as a long-distance lorry driver, transporting meat between Scotland and London. He became a member of the road transport section of the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU), of which he became a full-time official in Doncaster 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

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rdfs:label	Frank Cousins (Politiker, 1904) (de) Frank Cousins (British politician) (en) Frank Cousins (it) Frank Cousins (fr) Frank Cousins (nl) Frank Cousins (pl)
rdfs:comment	Frank Cousins, PC (* 8. September 1904 in , Nottinghamshire; † 11. Juni 1986) war ein britischer Gewerkschaftsfunktionär und Politiker der Labour Party, der unter anderem zwischen 1956 und 1969 Generalsekretär der Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU), von 1964 bis 1966 Technologieminister, sowie zwischen 1965 und 1966 Abgeordneter des Unterhauses (House of Commons) war. (de) Frank Cousins PC (8 septembre 1904-11 juin 1986) est un syndicaliste et leader politique travailliste britannique. (fr) Frank Cousins was een Brits syndicalist en politicus voor Labour. (nl) Frank Cousins PC (8 September 1904 – 11 June 1986) was a British trade union leader and Labour politician. He was born in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire. His father was a miner and Frank followed him into this industry in 1918, joining the Yorkshire Miners' Association. However after five years he became a lorry driver, originally driving coal, and then in 1931 as a long-distance lorry driver, transporting meat between Scotland and London. He became a member of the road transport section of the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU), of which he became a full-time official in Doncaster 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 (en) Frank Cousins è stato un sindacalista inglese, e per trent'anni (dal 1938 al 1969) fu il più battagliero e popolare sostenitore dei diritti dei lavoratori. A questa posizione egli giunse per la via più dura: primo dei dieci figli di un minatore, dovette ben presto guadagnarsi il pane lavorando in miniera prima, come camionista poi. Iscrittosi al sindacato dei camionisti, grazie ad una eloquenza irruente e ad una passione politica fortissima ne divenne rapidamente il leader. Dal 1965 al 1966 fu deputato alla Camera dei comuni per il collegio di Nuneaton. (it) Frank Cousins (ur. 8 września 1904 w Bulwell, zm. 11 czerwca 1986) – brytyjski działacz związkowy i polityk, członek Partii Pracy, minister w rządach Harolda Wilsona. Wykształcenie odebrał w King Edward School w Doncasterze. Szkołę opuścił w wieku 14 lat i podjął pracę w kopalni węgla w Yorkshire, gdzie pracowali jego ojciec i brat. Od 1923 pracował jako kierowca ciężarówki. W październiku wstąpił do Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU). W lipcu 1938 został urzędnikiem sekcji transportu drogowego TGWU. W październiku 1948 został narodowym sekretarzem Road Transport (Commercial) Group. W 1948 podjął pierwszą, nieudaną, próbę uzyskania stanowiska asystenta sekretarza generalnego TGWU. Dopiero druga próba, podjęta w 1955, zakończyła się sukcesem. W tym samym roku Cousins został wybrany (pl)
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name	Frank Cousins (en)
birth place	Bulwell Nottinghamshire
death date	1986-06-11 (xsd:date)
birth place	Bulwell, Nottinghamshire, England (en)
birth date	1904-09-08 (xsd:date)
dcterms:subject	1904 births 1986 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom People from Nuneaton UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 Ministers in the Wilson governments, 1964–1970 People from Bulwell General secretaries of the Transport and General Workers' Union
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Privy Council of the United Kingdom Scotland National Executive Committee of the Labour Party Prices and Incomes Act 1966 House of Lords Patrick Gordon Walker Robert Carr General Council of the Trades Union Congress Wilfred Beard Minister of Technology The Right Honourable 1964 United Kingdom general election Leeds Les Huckfield London Frank Bowles, Baron Bowles Harry Nicholas 1965 Nuneaton by-election 1967 Nuneaton by-election 1904 births 1986 deaths Labour Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom People from Nuneaton Bulwell UK MPs 1964–1966 UK MPs 1966–1970 Tony Benn Trades Union Congress Transport and General Workers' Union Jock Tiffin AFL-CIO Nottinghamshire Nuneaton (UK Parliament constituency) Hans Düby Hans Jahn Joseph O'Hagan Harold Wilson International Transport Workers' Federation Alan Thornhill Ministers in the Wilson governments, 1964–1970 People from Bulwell Labor union Labour Party (UK) Bill Webber (trade unionist) Henry Moore Foundation Henry Moore Institute Doncaster General secretaries of the Transport and General Workers' Union Claude Bartlett Frederick Hayday Yorkshire Miners' Association Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)

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