Jack Dash
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Jack Dash
16 years 3 months ago
Was going to post under general and i thought na.
Jack Dash (1906—8 June 1989) was a British communist and trade union leader, famous for his role in London dock strikes.
Dash joined the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1936. He was a docker and a member of the Transport and General Workers Union and the National Dock Labour Board.
Dash prided himself on having been involved in every London dock strike from 1945 to 1969. He was regarded by some as a firebrand and an agitator and was vilified as a bogeyman by the conservative media in the same manner as Derek Robinson and Arthur Scargill would later be.
In retirement, Dash became a London tourist guide and an advocate for pensioners' rights. He was commemorated by the naming of "Jack Dash House", a municipal office building on the Isle of Dogs.
Jack Dash published an autobiography, Good Morning, Brothers!, in 1969. Twenty years later, he died in London at the age of 82
Jack Dash (1906—8 June 1989) was a British communist and trade union leader, famous for his role in London dock strikes.
Dash joined the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1936. He was a docker and a member of the Transport and General Workers Union and the National Dock Labour Board.
Dash prided himself on having been involved in every London dock strike from 1945 to 1969. He was regarded by some as a firebrand and an agitator and was vilified as a bogeyman by the conservative media in the same manner as Derek Robinson and Arthur Scargill would later be.
In retirement, Dash became a London tourist guide and an advocate for pensioners' rights. He was commemorated by the naming of "Jack Dash House", a municipal office building on the Isle of Dogs.
Jack Dash published an autobiography, Good Morning, Brothers!, in 1969. Twenty years later, he died in London at the age of 82
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Re: Re: Jack Dash
16 years 3 months ago
I bet he never wore a top hat to Royal Ascot. Michael Caine could play him if they made a movie, methinks.
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