Background
Jones, James Larkin Jack was born on March 29, 1913 in Liverpool. Son of George and Anne Sophie Jones.
Jones, James Larkin Jack was born on March 29, 1913 in Liverpool. Son of George and Anne Sophie Jones.
Liverpool.
Worked in engineering and dock industries 1927-1939. Served in Spanish Civil War. Midlands Official, Transport and General Workers’ Union 1939-1963, Executive Officer 1963-1969, General Secretary 1969-1978.
District Secretary Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions 1939-1963.
Executive Committee 1964-1967. Deputy Chairman National Ports Council 1967-1978.
Chairman Institute Committee, Trades Union Congress 1972-1978. Executive Board Institute Confederation of Free Trade Unions, European Trade Union Confederation, President European Free Trade Association Trade Union Council since 1973.
British Overseas Trade Board 1975-1978, Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) 1975-1978.
President Retd. Mems. Associations, Transport and General Workers' Union since 1978. Vice-President Institute Transport Workers Federation 1974-1980.
Vice-President Age Concern (England), Anti-Apartheid Movement.
Honorary Doctor of Literature (Warwick). Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford 1970-1978, Chartered Institute of Transport 1971.
Association Fellow London School of Economics 1978. Honorary Fellow, Liverpool Polytechnic 1988.
City of Coventry.
Labour Party National. Council, Trades Union Congress 1968-1978. Royal Commission, on Criminal Procedure since 1978.
National Economic Development Council 1969-1978.
Economical Social Committee, European Economic Community 1975-1978.
Married Evelyn Mary Taylor in 1938.