François Poels

François Poels (12 April 1881 27 December 1926) was a Belgian trade union leader.

Born in Elsene, Poels completed an apprenticeship as a lithographer. In 1906, he joined the Union of Lithographers in Brussels, becoming its deputy general secretary in 1911, and general secretary in 1912. He argued in favour of a single union covering the whole printing trade, and as a step towards this, in 1913, he merged his union into the new Union of Workers in Lithography and Kindred Trades, becoming its first general secretary.[1]

Poels served on the Committee d'Appel du Secours de Chomage during World War I then, after the war, left his trade union post to become secretary of the Brussels Labour Exchange. However, he remained involved with his old union, and in 1920, he was elected as general secretary of the International Federation of Lithographers, Lithographic Printers and Kindred Trades.[1]

Poels also became secretary of the Brussels School of Lithographers. He died in 1926, aged 46.[1]

References

  1. "FRANÇOIS POELS". ODIS. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
Trade union offices
Preceded by
New position
General Secretary of the Union of Workers in Lithography and Kindred Trades
19131919
Succeeded by
Henri Berckmans
Preceded by
Otto Sillier
General Secretary of the International Federation of Lithographers, Lithographic Printers and Kindred Trades
19201926
Succeeded by
Henri Berckmans
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