Joseph Frayne

Joseph Dominic Frayne MBE (26 February 1882 – 11 December 1942) was a British trade union leader, who served as President of the Cardroom Amalgamation and Chair of the General Federation of Trade Unions. In 1932, Frayne's two sons, aged eight and five, drowned in a pond in Reddish, the older boy while trying to save the younger. Frayne stood down as president of the CWA in 1936 to served a two-year term as chair of the General Federation of Trade Unions. The following year, he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire. He died in Manchester.

Joseph Frayne

Joseph Dominic Frayne MBE (26 February 1882 – 11 December 1942) was a British trade union leader, who served as President of the Cardroom Amalgamation and Chair of the General Federation of Trade Unions. In 1932, Frayne's two sons, aged eight and five, drowned in a pond in Reddish, the older boy while trying to save the younger. Frayne stood down as president of the CWA in 1936 to served a two-year term as chair of the General Federation of Trade Unions. The following year, he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire. He died in Manchester.