Tessa Vadric (Kyotakavian Trade Unionist)

Tessa Milvan Vadric
President of the Kyotakavian Union and Workers Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 July 1922
Preceded by	Makic Rengon
Chair of the United Union of Steelworkers and Mechanics in Nodstok
In office 13 May 1906 – 12 May 1918
Preceded by	Georgikov Alexi
Succeeded by	Samantha Likic
Personal details
Born	24 September 1886 (age 39) Holdmir, Nodstok State, Kyotakavia, Kyotakavia
Political party	KUSSC (from 1902)

Tessa M. Vadric, (born September 24, 1886) is the General Secretary of the Kyotakavian Union and Workers Council having previously been the Chair of the Nodstok section of the UUSM (1906-1918). Vadric is a prominent trade unionist in Kyotakavia, best known for organising and leading the 1924 general strike, a major event in the build-up to the 1925 Kyotakavian general election, as well as for her role in the organisation of the 1907 general strike which forced a government reversal on public service cuts.

She worked as a mechanic in Nowa Grudak, Nodstok State from the age of 15, joining the United Union of Steelworkers and Mechanics a year later and participating in the 1902 steelworker strikes which began in opposition to the majority Populist-led Government's plan to sell the Nodstok Steel Company to a private Svozgardan investor.

She is a member of the Kyotakavian United Syndicalist and Socialist Coalition having joined the party at 16 and has twice been a party constituency candidate.

Early Life

Vadric was born to Elana Vadric, a teacher and Kelbor Vadric, a miner in Holdmir, in Nodstok State, Kyotakavia on the 24 September, 1886 and attended a local trades school during her early childhood where she is reported to have displayed a keen interest in vehicles and their maintenance.

She began an apprenticeship with the Nodstok Steel Company in 1901 as a mechanic and joined the UUSM as a member in 1902, three months before the steel workers went on strike with the announcement of Government plans to sell the nationalised steel company to a private investor (later revealed to be Crown-Prince Marius of the Svozgardan Royal Family).

Trade Unionism

1902 steelworkers strike

The plans to sell the Nodstok Steel Company were vehemently opposed by the UUSM who balloted for strike action on the 7 February. The vote came back 83.8% in support of strike action, with Vadric having been a prominent young campaigner for the "Yes" side, and the strike commenced on the 15 February.