Jack Owen (trade unionist)

He should not be confused with Jack Owen (1887–1957) who was also a British trade unionist.[1]

Jack Owen (c.1890 – 22 October 1983) was a British trade unionist.

Born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Owen worked as a blastfurnaceman in a foundry for twenty-five years. He joined the National Union of Blastfurnacemen, Ore Miners, Coke Workers and Kindred Trades (NUB), and began working full-time for the union in 1937.[2]

In 1948, Owen was elected as general secretary of the NUB, and also to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress. He retired in 1953,[2] and wrote Ironmen, a history of the union.[3]

Owen died at the age of 93 in 1983.[2]

References

  1. ^ Compendium of Communist Biography, Graham Stevenson, extracted 9 Nov 2016
  2. ^ a b c Trades Union Congress, Report of the 1983 Annual Trades Union Congress, p.356
  3. ^ Jack Eaton and Colin Gill, Jack Eaton, Colin Gill, p.137
Trade union offices
Preceded by General Secretary of the National Union of Blastfurnacemen
1948 – 1953 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Iron, Steel and Minor Metal Trades representative on the General Council of the TUC
1948 – 1953
With: Lincoln Evans 		Succeeded by