Jack Dash

Jack Dash

Jack Dash (1906—8 June 1989) was a British communist and trade union leader, famous for his role in London dock strikes.

Dash joined the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1936. He was a docker and a member of the Transport and General Workers Union and the National Dock Labour Board.

Dash prided himself on having been involved in every London dock strike from 1945 to 1969. He was regarded by some as a firebrand and an agitator and was vilified as a bogeyman by the conservative media in the same manner as Derek Robinson and Arthur Scargill would later be.

In retirement, Dash became a London tourist guide and an advocate for pensioners' rights. He was commemorated by the naming of "Jack Dash House", a municipal office building on the Isle of Dogs.

Jack Dash published an autobiography, "Good Morning, Brothers!", in 1969. Twenty years later, he died in London at the age of 82.

External links

* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE7DB143FF930A25755C0A96F948260 Jack Dash, British Communist, 82] - "The New York Times" obituary
* [http://www.portcities.org.uk/london/server/show/conMediaFile.5149/Jack-Dash.html Jack Dash photo] - www.portcities.org.uk
* [http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/templates/services/services-detail.cfm?sid=2156 Jack Dash House] - www.towerhamlets.gov.uk
* [http://www.geocities.com/ncpcentral/dashhouse.html Jack Dash]


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