Thomas Barron (trade unionist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Scottish trade unionist and political activist
Date of Birth: 08-Apr-1873
Place of Birth: Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 22-Nov-1943
Profession: trade unionist
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Thomas Barron (trade unionist)
- Thomas Barron (8 April 1873 – 22 November 1943) was a Scottish trade unionist and political activist. Born in Galloway, Scotland, Barron moved to Glasgow when he was fourteen, to undertake an apprenticeship as a joiner.
- As soon as his apprenticeship was complete, he joined the Associated Carpenters and Joiners of Scotland (AC&JS) union.
- He was soon elected to the committee of its Glasgow North branch, later serving as treasurer, then chair.
- He was also elected to the United Trades Committee, which brought together the AC&JS with the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners (ASC&J).In 1905, the headquarters of the union moved to Glasgow, as its constitution required it to do, periodically.
- Barron was elected to its Executive Committee and served as the union's chair from 1908.
- In 1911, it merged into the ASC&J, and Barron became the first treasurer of its Glasgow district and then its secretary until 1917.
- The union then became part of the new Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers.
- Barron was elected to the union's National Executive Committee, representing Scotland; he was chair of the union from 1922.In 1918, Barron was active in the formation of the National Federation of Building Trade Operatives, serving on its first Emergency Committee; he was president of the federation from 1923 until 1936.
- He was also vice president of the Industrial Council for the Building Trades, where he focused on reforming apprenticeships and strengthening health and safety protections.
- He also served on the National Housing and Town Planning Council and on the executive of the International Housing Congress.
- In 1938, he was made an honorary associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects.Barron was a supporter of the Labour Party, standing unsuccessfully in Nuneaton at the 1923 United Kingdom general election and Montrose Burghs at the 1924 United Kingdom general election.
- He retired in 1939 and died four years later.
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