Tessa Vadric (Kyotakavian Trade Unionist)
Tessa Milvan Vadric | |
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| President of the Kyotakavian Union and Workers Council | |
| 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 Milvan 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 displayed a keen interest in mechanics.
In September 1901, she left school and began an apprenticeship with the Nodstok Steel Company in 1901 as a mechanic, joining and becoming involved the UUSM 1902 just three months before steel workers went on strike in the 1902 Steelworkers' Strike.
Trade Unionism
1902 Steelworkers' Strike
On the 24 February 1902 the government announced plans to sell large portions of the nationalised steel industry in Kyotakavia to an anonymous private investor (later revealed to be Crown-Prince Marius of the Svozgardan Royal Family). The plans to sell the Nodstok Steel Company were vocally opposed by the UUSM who immediately announced action-short-of-strike to commence from 1 March pending negotiations with the government. Talks ultimately fell apart on the 7 March and the UUSM began balloting for strike action on the 9 March.
Vadric, who had only joined the UUSM in January was 'cropped' by local UUSM leadership and was made a junior strike organiser for the...