History and chronology of Ernest Bevin in Great Britain

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Government Labour Party
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Blockade Berlin
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Ernest Bevin History of Great Britain


1922	General Secretary
London Appointed General Secretary of the Transport & General Workers Union
1922	TGWU
London Negotiates the merger of 14 unions into the TGWU
1926	Strike
3rd May Railwaymen, printers, builders, drivers, dockers, iron & steel workers join miners
12th May The sympathy strike is called off but the miners continue their industrial action
1940	Minister
11th May Appointed Minister of Labour & National Service
1943	Conscription
2nd Dec Bevin announces conscription to coal mines
1945	Minister
Appointed Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
1946	Diplomacy
2nd Dec London Agrees to the economic union of US & British occupation zones in Germany
1946	Economy
2nd Dec Agrees to the economic union of US & British occupation zones in Germany
1946	Nationalization
21st Mar London Announces plans for the nationalization of the NHS
1948	Blockade of Berlin
24th June Berlin Announces the British will not withdraw from Berlin
24th June Berlin The west announces a counter-blockade from west to east
1948	Occupation
24th June Berlin Announces the British will not withdraw from Berlin
1948	Treaty of Brussels Allliance
Brussells Negotiates the Brussells alliance Treaty
1948	Treaty of Brussels Defence
Brussels Britain, France & the Benelux sign the Brussels Defence treaty
1949	NATO
4th April Washington Signs the treaty establishing the NATO alliance
1949	Treaty of NATO
4th April Washington Signs the treaty establishing the NATO alliance
1950	Diplomacy
Announces Britain cannot join talks on the Schuman Plan
1950	European Army
London Voices opposition to the establishment of a European Army
1950	Plan Schumann
Announces Britain cannot join talks on the Schuman Plan
1951	Death
14th April Death of Ernest Bevin
1951	Lord Privy Seal
Appointed Lord Privy Seal
1951	Minister
17th Jan Appointed Minister of Labour
1951	Resignation
9th Mar London Resigns due to ill health
1951	Treaty of Colombo Plan
Initiates the Colombo Plan for South Asia