Union boss Jack Jones dies at 96

[p_in_ed]

Union boss Jack Jones dies at 96

Sad to see him go. International Brigader, Trade Unionist, champion of the pensioners over the last two decades. And a local figure for many years.

In January 1977 a Gallup opinion poll found that 54% of people believed that Jack was the most powerful person in Britain, - ahead of the Prime Minister.

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And he wasn't even the head of the TUC 'just' the TGWU, I don't even know a Trade Union leder now apart from that Millwall boy Crowe...the good old days when unions ruled, probably no worse than the bankers

[Mick Mac]

Did he die alone?

[Tony.London Suburbs]

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> Did he die alone?

I get the pun Mick...:)

He was a Great Man, a Champion of The Underdog...

R.I.P. Jack.

[jumpinjackflash]

apparently he died at his nursing home in Peckham

[p_in_ed]

A giant from another era.

Turned down a peerage, lived in a council flat in Denmark Hill, and lived his twighlight years in a very nice care home in Peckham, according to his family, as reported in the Guardian.

I wonder which care home?

[Help-Ma-Boab]

Jack Jones House - near petit tou. Could just be a coincidence tho.

[p_in_ed]

Nice idea, but not that one. I stuck my head round the door when I went passed earlier to ask. They said they were just named in honour of him - that he hadn't been a resident.