BRICKLAYERS’ UNION
MR. CHURCHILL AS MEMBER.
(United Service.) (By Cable—Press Assn—Copyright.)
LONDON, October 11.
As the sequel to his bricklaying hobby, exercised at Westerham, Mr. Winston Churchill has agreed to join the Building Trades Union. Mr. James Lane, the Mayor of Battersea, the local secretary of the Union, invited Mr. Churchill to accept membership. Mr. Lane pointed out that good workmen became members of the organisations with a view to keeping up the traditions of their honourable occupations, such as bricklaying. Mr. Lane also pointed out: “Mr. Churchill is insufficiently competent to work as a fully-qualified bricklayer, but time will improve his craftsmanship, similar to adult apprentices. I do not expect him to spend too much time in training, in view of the duties of the Chancellorship.” Mr. Lane recalled that Mr McKinley, the American president, became a trades’ unionist before he could lay a foundation stone. Mr. Churchill’s entrance fee is five shillings, and his Union contribution is ninepence weekly. He will receive twenty shillings weekly if he is called out on strike, and also a benefit if he becomes unemployed.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 12 October 1928, Page 7
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