William Mosses (1858 – 17 May 1943) was a British trade unionist.
Mosses was elected as general secretary of the United Patternmakers Association in 1884, and served in the post for 33 years. He supported Robert Knight's initiative to found the Federation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades, a loose body bringing together a variety of craft unions, and he served as its first general secretary, from 1890.
Mosses was also active in the Trades Union Congress (TUC); he served on its Parliamentary Committee from 1907 to 1911, and again from 1913 until 1917. In 1905, he was the TUC delegate to the American Federation of Labour.
Mosses resigned all his trade union positions in 1917 to take up a government post.
References
- ^ Trades Union Congress, Report of the 1943 Annual Congress, p.156
- Pattern Makers' League of North America, Pattern Makers' Journal, Vols.28-29, p.18
| Trade union offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byR. Reay | General Secretary of the United Patternmakers Association 1884–1917 |
Succeeded byAllan Findlay |
| Preceded byNew position | General Secretary of the Federation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades 1890 – 1917 |
Succeeded byFrank Smith |
| Preceded byWilliam Abraham and James Wignall | Trades Union Congress representative to the American Federation of Labour 1905 With: David Gilmour |
Succeeded byJoseph Nicholas Bell and Allan Gee |