Walter Citrine, 1st Baron Citrine, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Walter Citrine, 1st Baron Citrine

British trade unionist

Date of Birth: 22-Aug-1887

Place of Birth: Wallasey, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 22-Jan-1983

Profession: politician, trade unionist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Walter Citrine, 1st Baron Citrine

  • Sir Walter McLennan Citrine, 1st Baron Citrine of Wembley, (22 August 1887 – 22 January 1983) was one of the leading British and international trade unionists of the twentieth century and a notable public figure.
  • Yet, apart from his renowned guide to the conduct of meetings, ABC of Chairmanship, he has been little spoken of in the history of the labour movement.
  • More recently, labour historians have begun to re-assess Citrine's role.By redefining the role of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), whose General Secretary he was from 1926 until 1946, he helped create a far more coherent and effective union force.
  • This, in turn, transformed the Labour Party into a substantial social democratic force for government from 1939.
  • Citrine was also President of the then influential International Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU) from 1928 until 1945.
  • He was also joint Secretary of the key TUC/ Labour Party National Joint Council from 1931 and a director of the UK Daily Herald newspaper until 1946 which was then a mass circulation Labour paper with considerable influence.
  • In these important roles, Citrine was highly influential in the industrial and political wings of the labour movement.
  • His prominent involvement helped secure its recovery after the deep crisis and crushing defeat which followed the fall of the British Labour government in 1931.
  • In particular, he played a key role from the mid-1930s in reshaping Labour's foreign policy, especially as regards re-armament and through the all-party anti-Nazi Council in which he worked with Winston Churchill.Citrine strengthened the TUC's influence over the Labour Party.
  • He opposed plans by the Labour Government in 1931 to cut unemployment benefits.
  • After Ramsay MacDonald formed a coalition with the Conservatives to force his policies through, Citrine led the campaign to have him expelled from the party.
  • Citrine later supported the Attlee government's policy of nationalisation and served on the National Coal Board and served as chairman of the Central Electricity Board 1947–57.
  • He was granted a peerage in 1947. Citrine authored ABC of Chairmanship, regarded by many in the labour movement as the "bible" of committee chairmanship.
  • His autobiography Men and Work was published in 1964 and the second volume, Two Careers, in 1967.
  • His personal papers are held at the London School of Economics.

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