Background
MORTIMER, James was born on January 12, 1921.
MORTIMER, James was born on January 12, 1921.
Junior. Technology School, Portsmouth, Ruskin College, Oxford, London School of Economics.
Worked in shipbuilding and engineering industries. T.U.C. Scholar, Oxford 1945-1946. T.U.C. Economics Department 1946-1948.
Full time trade union official
Draughtsmen"s and Allied Technicians Association 1948-1968. Director London Cooperative Society 1968-1971.
Executive 1971-1974. Chairman A.C.A.S. (formerly Conciliation and Arbitration Service) 1974-1981.
General Secretary Labour Party 1982-1985. Wilberforce Committee of Inquiry into the Power Dispute 1970, Armed Forces Pay Review Body 1971-1974, Economics Development Committee Chemical Industry 1973-1974.
Chairman Economics Development Committee Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Construction 1974-1982. Visiting Fellow, Administration Staff College, Henley 1976-1982.
Senior Visiting Fellow, Bradford University 1977-1982.
Visiting Professor. Imperial College, of Science and Technology, London University 1981-1983. Honorary Doctor of Letters (Bradford) 1982.
Professional Union: the Evolution of the Institution of Professional Civil Senator-ants (with Valerie Ellis) 1980.
National Board for Prices and Incomes 1968-1971. London Transport.