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George Alfred Isaacs JP DL (28 May 1883 – 26 April 1979) was a British politician and trades unionist who served in the government of Clement Attlee. Isaacs was born in Finsbury to a Methodist family. He married Flora Beasley (1884–1962), daughter of Richard William Beasley and Mary Ann Brett, in 1905. He worked as a printer and became active in trade union organising early in life, becoming General Secretary of the National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants (NATSOPA) from 1909. This post, which he held for forty years, also took him onto the General Council of the Trades Union Congress. He was also active in the Labour Party.

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  • George Alfred Isaacs JP DL (28 May 1883 – 26 April 1979) was a British politician and trades unionist who served in the government of Clement Attlee. Isaacs was born in Finsbury to a Methodist family. He married Flora Beasley (1884–1962), daughter of Richard William Beasley and Mary Ann Brett, in 1905. He worked as a printer and became active in trade union organising early in life, becoming General Secretary of the National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants (NATSOPA) from 1909. This post, which he held for forty years, also took him onto the General Council of the Trades Union Congress. He was also active in the Labour Party. He became involved in local politics in Southwark and was Mayor of the Borough of Southwark from 1919 to 1921. In the 1922 general election he fought Gravesend and was narrowly defeated; he was readopted to fight the seat in the 1923 election and won it from the Conservatives with a majority of 119. He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Jimmy Thomas, who was Secretary of State for the Colonies. In the 1924 election Isaacs lost his seat, but when in 1927 the sitting Labour MP for Southwark North resigned after leaving the party, he was the natural choice to be the new candidate. However Isaacs failed to take the seat in the byelection and had to wait until the 1929 general election to return to Parliament. Thomas, now Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, reappointed him as Parliamentary Private Secretary. When Thomas joined Ramsay MacDonald in the National Government, Isaacs remained with the Labour Party, and in consequence again lost his seat in the 1931 general election when the Labour Party was heavily defeated. He failed by 79 votes to regain his seat in 1935. Concentrating on union affairs through the 1930s, Isaacs was appointed to a Royal Commission on Workmen's Compensation in 1938. In 1945 he was President of the World Trade Union Conference. After the MP for Southwark North died in 1939, Isaacs was finally able to regain the seat. When Labour formed the government after the 1945 election, he was appointed Minister of Labour and National Service. Part of his responsibility was to oversee the successful demobilisation of the wartime British Armed Forces. Following the arrival at London of the troopship Windrush in 1948, carrying about 500 Jamaican men said to be seeking work, Isaacs stated to Members of Parliament: "I don't know who sent these men ... it is bound to result in difficulties ... we can give no assurances that they can be found suitable work. I hope no encouragement will be given to others to follow them." From January 1951 he was Minister of Pensions. Isaacs retired from Parliament in 1959. He had long since moved to East Molesey in Surrey where he served as a Deputy Lieutenant and as a Justice of the Peace. He was eventually Chairman of the Surrey Bench of Magistrates. (en)
  • George Alfred Isaacs JP DL, né le 28 mai 1883 à Finsbury et mort le 26 avril 1979, est un homme politique britannique et syndicaliste qui sert dans le gouvernement de Clement Attlee. (fr)
  • George Alfred Isaacs (ur. 28 maja 1883 w Finsbury, zm. 26 kwietnia 1979) – brytyjski polityk, działacz związków zawodowych, członek Partii Pracy, minister w rządach Clementa Attleego. Początkowo pracował jako drukarz. Wcześnie rozpoczął karierę w związkach zawodowych. W 1909 r. został sekretarzem generalnym National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants (NATSOPA). Urząd ten sprawował do 1948 r. Zasiadał również w Radzie Generalnej Kongresu Związków Zawodowych. W latach 1919–1921 był burmistrzem Southwark. W 1922 r. bez powodzenia wystartował w wyborach do Izby Gmin z okręgu Gravesend. Ponowił próbę w wyborach 1923 r. i tym razem wygrał różnicą 119 głosów. W 1924 był parlamentarnym prywatnym sekretarzem ministra kolonii, J.H. Thomasa. Miejsce w parlamencie utracił po wyborach 1924 r. W 1929 r. powrócił do Izby Gmin, wygrywając wybory w okręgu Southwark North (w 1927 r. startował bez powodzenia w wyborach uzupełniających w tym okręgu). Po wyborach ponownie został parlamentarnym prywatnym sekretarzem Thomasa, tym razem ministra ds. dominiów. Kiedy w 1931 r. Partia Pracy weszła w koalicję z Partią Konserwatywną i Partią Liberalną, Isaacs znalazł się wśród tych laburzystowskich deputowanych, którzy przeszli do opozycji. W 1931 r. przegrał wybory parlamentarne w swoim okręgu. W 1935 r. przegrał kolejne wybory, różnicą 79 głosów. Dopiero w 1939 r. powrócił do parlamentu po wyborach uzupełniających w okręgu Southwark North. Okręg ten reprezentował do jego likwidacji w 1950 r. Następnie był deputowanym z okręgu Southwark. Po powrocie Partii Pracy do władzy w 1945 r. Isaacs został ministrem pracy i służby narodowej. W styczniu 1951 r. został ministrem emerytur. Stanowisko to utracił po wyborczej porażce Partii Pracy w 1951 r. Isaacs zasiadł w Izbie Gmin do roku 1959. Następnie przeprowadził się do East Molesey w hrabstwie Surrey, gdzie był zastępcą lorda namiestnika oraz Sędzią Pokoju. Zmarł w 1979 r. (pl)
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  • George Alfred Isaacs JP DL, né le 28 mai 1883 à Finsbury et mort le 26 avril 1979, est un homme politique britannique et syndicaliste qui sert dans le gouvernement de Clement Attlee. (fr)
  • George Alfred Isaacs JP DL (28 May 1883 – 26 April 1979) was a British politician and trades unionist who served in the government of Clement Attlee. Isaacs was born in Finsbury to a Methodist family. He married Flora Beasley (1884–1962), daughter of Richard William Beasley and Mary Ann Brett, in 1905. He worked as a printer and became active in trade union organising early in life, becoming General Secretary of the National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants (NATSOPA) from 1909. This post, which he held for forty years, also took him onto the General Council of the Trades Union Congress. He was also active in the Labour Party. (en)
  • George Alfred Isaacs (ur. 28 maja 1883 w Finsbury, zm. 26 kwietnia 1979) – brytyjski polityk, działacz związków zawodowych, członek Partii Pracy, minister w rządach Clementa Attleego. Początkowo pracował jako drukarz. Wcześnie rozpoczął karierę w związkach zawodowych. W 1909 r. został sekretarzem generalnym National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants (NATSOPA). Urząd ten sprawował do 1948 r. Zasiadał również w Radzie Generalnej Kongresu Związków Zawodowych. W latach 1919–1921 był burmistrzem Southwark. (pl)
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