Jack Owen (trade unionist)
Jack Owen (c.1890 – 22 October 1983) was a British trade unionist.
- He should not be confused with Jack Owen (1887–1957) who was also a British trade unionist.[1]
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
- Compendium of Communist Biography, Graham Stevenson, extracted 9 Nov 2016
- Trades Union Congress, Report of the 1983 Annual Trades Union Congress, p.356
- Jack Eaton and Colin Gill, Jack Eaton, Colin Gill, p.137
| Trade union offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Ambrose Callighan |
General Secretary of the National Union of Blastfurnacemen 1948 – 1953 |
Succeeded by Joseph O'Hagan |
| Preceded by Ambrose Callighan and Lincoln Evans |
Iron, Steel and Minor Metal Trades representative on the General Council of the TUC 1948 – 1953 With: Lincoln Evans |
Succeeded by Harry Douglass and Joseph O'Hagan |
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