Tributes as Liverpool-born union giant Jack Jones dies, aged 96

Apr 22 2009 Liverpool Daily Post

LIVERPOOL-BORN trade union pioneer Jack Jones has died, aged 96, his son said late last night.

Mick Jones said his father, who led the Transport and General Workers’ Union, died in London shortly after 9.30pm.

He said: "He passed away very peacefully in a very nice care home in Peckham.

"He had all the care he could possibly want.

"He was active until the very end and had a good innings."

Mr Jones, the son of a docker, was born in Liverpool in 1913, and served as general secretary of the TGWU from 1969 to 1978 when it was one of the most powerful unions in the country.

Former TUC General Secretary Norman Willis said Mr Jones would be remembered as a "fighter'' for ordinary people.