Ernest Bevin

Ernest Bevin (9 March 1881 – 14 April 1951) was a British trade union leader and Labour politician. He co-founded and served as general secretary of the powerful Transport and General Workers' Union from 1922 to 1940, as Minister of Labour in the war-time coalition government, and as Foreign Secretary in the post-war Labour Government he supported the creation of NATO.

Read more about Ernest Bevin:  Early Life, Transport and General Workers Union, Foreign Policy Interests, Wartime Minister of Labour, Foreign Secretary, Bevin, Palestine and Israel, Later Life, Legacy

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    The most conservative man in the world is the British Trade Unionist when you want to change him.
    —Ernest Bevin (1881–1951)