Went to Stretford elementary school in Manchester and left at 14 to become an apprentice instrument maker where he first joined Amalgamated Engineering Union
1937 joined Communist Party of Great Britain
became district official in 1947
left the Party in 1954 however he continued as a "broad left" candidate in the union
won leadership in 1968
Scanlon was against Britain's membership of the EEC
Scanlon's political beliefs led to him being effectively blacklisted by the British security service from 1966 to 1977
1977 prevented from becoming chairman of British Shipbuilding
Two years earlier, was refused security clearance to joinBritish Gas Board, but later appointed after his files were examined.
elevated to the House of Lords in 1979, taking the title Baron Scanlon of Davyhulme in the County of Greater Manchester
Jack Jones http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/SPjonesJ.htm
Born: 29th March 1913, Liverpool
Died: 21st April 2009, age 96
Left school at 14
1927, joined Labour party, and AEU (Amalgamated Society of Engineers)
Lost his job during Wall Street Crash
Became member of Transport and General Workers Union
Converted to socialism
1931 became secretary of the Liverpool Labour College
1936 he was appointed as a Labour councillor in Liverpool
June 1937, Jones decided to join the International Brigades
When he returned to England he became full-time official of Transport and General Workers Union
1956 Cousins appointed him as Midland region engineering secretary.
1963 Cousins brought him to London making him union's executive national officer
1968 elected General Secretary of Transport and General Workers Union
1978 retired as General Secretary of Transport and General Workers Union
President of the National Pensioners Convention up to 2001
Hugh Scanlon http://www.worldlingo.com/ma/enwiki/en/Hugh_Scanlon
Born: 26th October 1913, Melbourne
Died: 27th January 2004
Emigrated to Britain at the age of 2
Went to Stretford elementary school in Manchester and left at 14 to become an apprentice instrument maker where he first joined Amalgamated Engineering Union
1937 joined Communist Party of Great Britain
became district official in 1947
left the Party in 1954 however he continued as a "broad left" candidate in the union
won leadership in 1968
Scanlon was against Britain's membership of the EEC
Scanlon's political beliefs led to him being effectively blacklisted by the British security service from 1966 to 1977
1977 prevented from becoming chairman of British Shipbuilding
Two years earlier, was refused security clearance to joinBritish Gas Board, but later appointed after his files were examined.
elevated to the House of Lords in 1979, taking the title Baron Scanlon of Davyhulme in the County of Greater Manchester