Jim Kooyman
Born in 1922, Kooyman was a shop steward and then London full-time organiser for the Furniture, Timber and Allied Trades Union (FTAT).
He was, from 1976 to 1986, the union’s Assistant General Secretary; FTAT was, later, to merge with the GMB.
A Communist Party member for 40 years, Kooyman died aged 64 in 1986.
Morning Star 4th March 1986
Born 29 November 1919, James Alfred Wright was a Luton-born engineering worker who joined the Communist Party in 1936 following the Battle of Cable Street, in which he participated at a shop boy working in […]
Jim Garnett Jim (James) Garnett was, according to his nephew, “more or less” a founder member of the Communist Party. Born in 1894, he became a major figure during the Lancashire cotton strikes of the […]
Jim Riordan James William Riordan was born on the 10th October 1936 and came from a working class family in Portsmouth. He attended the Southern Grammar School for Boys. When on a Russian studies degree […]
Copyright © 2024 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes
Be the first to comment