Jenkin Jones (trade unionist) (original) (raw)
Jenkin Jones (1859 – 7 December 1929) was a Welsh trade unionist. Born in Cadoxton-juxta-Neath in South Wales, Jones was educated until he was sixteen, then served as a pupil-teacher for a year. Although he hoped to become a teacher, his father disapproved of this, and Jones instead completed an apprenticeship as a patternmaker with the Neath Abbey Ironworks Company. He continued to study science, maths and art at evening classes. By this time, the economy was in recession, and he struggled to find work, eventually finding a job manufacturing tin plate. When the economy picked up, he returned to the Neath Abbey Ironworks, becoming a supervisor, and also spending time as a boilermaker. In 1879, he joined the Amalgamated Society of Engineers (ASE). When the next trade depression hit, he was
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| dbo:abstract | Jenkin Jones (1859 – 7 December 1929) was a Welsh trade unionist. Born in Cadoxton-juxta-Neath in South Wales, Jones was educated until he was sixteen, then served as a pupil-teacher for a year. Although he hoped to become a teacher, his father disapproved of this, and Jones instead completed an apprenticeship as a patternmaker with the Neath Abbey Ironworks Company. He continued to study science, maths and art at evening classes. By this time, the economy was in recession, and he struggled to find work, eventually finding a job manufacturing tin plate. When the economy picked up, he returned to the Neath Abbey Ironworks, becoming a supervisor, and also spending time as a boilermaker. In 1879, he joined the Amalgamated Society of Engineers (ASE). When the next trade depression hit, he was again out of work, and moved to Monmouthshire to find a new role. In 1881, Jones settled in Cardiff, where he continued in his trade. He became increasingly prominent in the ASE, winning election to its general council in 1891. In 1892, this was replaced by an executive council, and Jones narrowly won election as a district delegate. He was also active on the Cardiff Trades Council, and represented his union at the Trades Union Congress. Jones ran for the general secretaryship of the union in 1909, and narrowly defeated David Gardner, the union's chairman, by somewhat more than 18,000 votes to 15,000. His time in office was not a success, and has been described as "five of the most disruptive years in the history of the union". Late in 1912, the union's executive suspended him, but he persuaded the union's trustees to dissolve the executive and hold new elections for the general secretary post. This was the subject of a court case, which ultimately concluded that this action was within the powers of the trustees. Jones stood in the new election and placed second in the first round of voting, defeating Tom Mann and three minor candidates (J. Gorman, J. Gradwell and H. Sladdin). In the run-off, he again came second, defeated by Robert Young, who described Jones as "unfit on the grounds of inefficiency to hold office". Jones died in 1929, by which time he was living at his sister's house near Neath. (en) |
| dbo:thumbnail | wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Jenkin_Jones.png?width=300 |
| dbo:wikiPageID | 52788337 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageLength | 3873 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger) |
| dbo:wikiPageRevisionID | 1114321138 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageWikiLink | dbr:Cardiff dbr:Patternmaker_(engineering) dbr:David_Gardner_(trade_unionist) dbc:1859_births dbr:Pupil-teacher dbc:Welsh_trade_unionists dbr:Trade_unionist dbr:Trades_Council dbr:Cadoxton-juxta-Neath dbc:1929_deaths dbr:Tom_Mann dbr:Trades_Union_Congress dbr:Welsh_people dbr:George_Nicoll_Barnes dbr:Amalgamated_Society_of_Engineers_(UK) dbc:General_Secretaries_of_the_Amalgamated_Engineering_Union dbc:People_from_Neath_Port_Talbot dbr:Neath dbr:Robert_Young_(trade_unionist) dbr:File:Jenkin_Jones.png |
| dbp:after | dbr:Robert_Young_(trade_unionist) |
| dbp:before | dbr:George_Nicoll_Barnes |
| dbp:title | General Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers (en) |
| dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate | dbt:Authority_control dbt:End_box dbt:Other_people dbt:Start_box dbt:Succession_box dbt:Use_British_English dbt:Use_dmy_dates dbt:S-npo |
| dbp:years | 1909 (xsd:integer) |
| dct:subject | dbc:1859_births dbc:Welsh_trade_unionists dbc:1929_deaths dbc:General_Secretaries_of_the_Amalgamated_Engineering_Union dbc:People_from_Neath_Port_Talbot |
| rdf:type | owl:Thing |
| rdfs:comment | Jenkin Jones (1859 – 7 December 1929) was a Welsh trade unionist. Born in Cadoxton-juxta-Neath in South Wales, Jones was educated until he was sixteen, then served as a pupil-teacher for a year. Although he hoped to become a teacher, his father disapproved of this, and Jones instead completed an apprenticeship as a patternmaker with the Neath Abbey Ironworks Company. He continued to study science, maths and art at evening classes. By this time, the economy was in recession, and he struggled to find work, eventually finding a job manufacturing tin plate. When the economy picked up, he returned to the Neath Abbey Ironworks, becoming a supervisor, and also spending time as a boilermaker. In 1879, he joined the Amalgamated Society of Engineers (ASE). When the next trade depression hit, he was (en) |
| rdfs:label | Jenkin Jones (trade unionist) (en) |
| owl:sameAs | wikidata:Jenkin Jones (trade unionist) https://global.dbpedia.org/id/2cdRr yago-res:Jenkin Jones (trade unionist) |
| prov:wasDerivedFrom | wikipedia-en:Jenkin_Jones_(trade_unionist)?oldid=1114321138&ns=0 |
| foaf:depiction | wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Jenkin_Jones.png |
| foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf | wikipedia-en:Jenkin_Jones_(trade_unionist) |
| is dbo:wikiPageDisambiguates of | dbr:Jenkin_Jones |
| is dbo:wikiPageWikiLink of | dbr:1929_in_Wales dbr:David_Gardner_(trade_unionist) dbr:Jenkin_Jones dbr:1910_London_County_Council_election dbr:George_Barnes_(British_politician) dbr:Amalgamated_Society_of_Engineers dbr:Robert_Young_(trade_unionist) dbr:Woolwich_(London_County_Council_constituency) |
| is dbp:after of | dbr:George_Barnes_(British_politician) |
| is dbp:before of | dbr:Robert_Young_(trade_unionist) |
| is dbp:candidate of | dbr:1910_London_County_Council_election dbr:Woolwich_(London_County_Council_constituency) |
| is foaf:primaryTopic of | wikipedia-en:Jenkin_Jones_(trade_unionist) |
