Joseph O'Hagan

Joseph O'Hagan (born 18 March 1900), often known as Joe O'Hagan, was a British trade union leader.

Born in Workington, O'Hagan started work at the age of fourteen for the United Steel Companies,[1] and immediately joined the National Federation of Blastfurnacemen, Ore Miners and Kindred Trades (NUB).[1][2] He was successful, becoming a blastfurnace keeper before he took up full-time union work in 1939.[3]

O'Hagan took on a succession of roles in the union, becoming General President in 1948,[2] and then, in 1953, General Secretary,[2] serving until his retirement in 1968.[1] In 1958, he was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire.[2]

O'Hagan served on the Iron and Steel Industrial Training Board and the National Safety Committee, and was a delegate to the International Labour Conference.[2] He was also elected to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in 1954,[1] and served as the President of the TUC in 1966.[4]

After leaving his union duties, O'Hagan served as a director of British Steel's General Steels section until his final retirement in 1971.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 AEU Monthly Journal (March 1969), pp.7-8
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6th Constitutional Convention of the Canadian Labour Congress, p.58
  3. ↑ The British Steelmaker, Vol.37, p.24
  4. ↑ "Details of Past Congresses", Trades Union Congress
  5. ↑ Metal Construction and British Welding Journal, Vol.3, No.2, p.296
Trade union offices
Preceded by
A. Callaghan		 General Secretary of the National Union of Blastfurnacemen
1953–1968 		Succeeded by
James Barry
Preceded by
Lincoln Evans and John Owen		 Iron, Steel and Minor Metal Trades representative on the General Council of the TUC
1953 – 1966
With: Harry Douglass		 Succeeded by
Harry Douglass
Preceded by
Harold Collison		 President of the Trades Union Congress
1966 		Succeeded by
Harry Douglass
Preceded by
Jim Campbell and Jack Eccles		 Trades Union Congress representative to the AFL-CIO
1959
With: Wilfred Beard		 Succeeded by
Frank Cousins and Frederick Hayday
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