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Revision as of 01:20, 8 July 2016
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 Corporation's General Steels section until his final retirement in 1971.[5]