# Arthur Pugh

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'''Sir Arthur Pugh''' [CBE](/source/CBE) (19 January 1870 – 2 August 1955) was a [British](/source/British_people) [trade unionist](/source/trade_unionist).

Born in [Ross-on-Wye](/source/Ross-on-Wye), Pugh was apprenticed to a farmer who also worked as a butcher, but soon moved to [Neath](/source/Neath) to work in the steel industry, where he became active in the [British Steel Smelters' Association](/source/British_Steel_Smelters'_Association).  In 1901, he moved to [Frodingham, Lincolnshire](/source/Frodingham%2C_Lincolnshire), and he became first Assistant Secretary and then Office Secretary of the union.  In 1917, he played a leading role in the formation of the [Iron and Steel Trades Confederation](/source/Iron_and_Steel_Trades_Confederation) (ISTC) and the [British Iron, Steel and Kindred Trades Association](/source/British_Iron%2C_Steel_and_Kindred_Trades_Association), becoming the first General Secretary of the ISTC.  He served as [President of the Trades Union Congress](/source/President_of_the_Trades_Union_Congress) in 1926, during the [UK General Strike](/source/UK_General_Strike), was on the economic consultative committee of the [League of Nations](/source/League_of_Nations), and was active in running the ''[Daily Herald](/source/Daily_Herald_(UK_newspaper))'' newspaper.  He retired from his union posts in 1935, and wrote ''Men of Steel'', a history of the metal-workers trade unions.<ref>"[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/35629 Pugh, Sir Arthur]", ''[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography](/source/Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography)''</ref>

Pugh was appointed [Commander of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire) (CBE) in the [1930 New Year Honours](/source/1930_New_Year_Honours) for public services,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33566 |supp=y |pages=7 |date= 31 December 1929}}</ref> and [knighted](/source/Knight_Bachelor) in the [1935 Birthday and Silver Jubilee Honours](/source/1935_Birthday_Honours).<ref>{{London Gazette |date=31 May 1935 |supp=y |issue=34166 |pages=3592 }}</ref>

He was featured in [Jack Thorne](/source/Jack_Thorne)'s 2023 play ''[When Winston Went to War with the Wireless](/source/When_Winston_Went_to_War_with_the_Wireless)'', played by Elliott Rennie.<ref>{{cite web |title=Donmar Warehouse reveals complete cast for ”When Winston Went to War with the Wireless” |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/donmar-warehouse-reveals-complete-cast-for-when-winston-went-to-war-with-the-wireless_58814/ |website=[WhatsOnStage.com](/source/WhatsOnStage.com) |access-date=25 August 2023 |date=24 April 2023}}</ref>

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{{succession box|title=General Secretary of the [Iron and Steel Trades Confederation](/source/Iron_and_Steel_Trades_Confederation)|before=''New position''|after=[John Brown](/source/John_Brown_(trade_unionist))|years=1917&ndash;1935}}
{{succession box|title=[President of the Trades Union Congress](/source/President_of_the_Trades_Union_Congress)|before=[Alonzo Swales](/source/Alonzo_Swales)|after=[George Hicks](/source/George_Hicks_(trade_unionist))|years=1926}}
{{succession box|title=Iron, Steel and Minor Metal Trades representative on the [General Council of the TUC](/source/General_Council_of_the_TUC)|years=1921 &ndash; 1935|before=''New position''|after=[John Brown](/source/John_Brown_(trade_unionist)) and [William Kean](/source/William_Kean)|with=[William Kean](/source/William_Kean)}}
{{succession box|title=[Trades Union Congress](/source/Trades_Union_Congress) representative to the [American Federation of Labour](/source/American_Federation_of_Labour)|years=1927|with=[Will Sherwood](/source/Will_Sherwood)|before=[John Bromley](/source/John_Bromley_(politician)) and [George Hicks](/source/George_Hicks_(trade_unionist))|after=[Ebby Edwards](/source/Ebby_Edwards) and [John Marchbank](/source/John_Marchbank)}}
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{{succession box|title=President of the [Workers' Educational Association](/source/Workers'_Educational_Association)|years=1926 &ndash; 1928|before=[Fred Bramley](/source/Fred_Bramley)|after=[R. H. Tawney](/source/R._H._Tawney)}}
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