Jack Jones (trade union leader)

Jack Jones is a British trade union leader and former general secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union. He was born in Liverpool in 1913, left school at 14 and worked as an engineering apprentice, then as a dock-worker. He served with the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War. Later he became a full-time official of the TGWU in Coventry during the Second World War. Jones played a key role in organising the workforce of the West Midlands motor industry in the postwar period. He was elected general secretary of the TGWU in 1968. Jones was also instrumental in the creation of the 'Advisory, Conciliation, and Arbitration Service' (Acas) in 1975 and was a member of the National Economic Development Council from 1969 to 1978.

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Trade union - Transport and General Workers' Union - Liverpool - 1913 - International Brigade - Spanish Civil War - Coventry - Second World War - Acas - 1975 - National Economic Development Council - 1969 - 1978

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