About Jack Owen
Lived 1890 – 1983 (aged 92–93). Jack Owen was a British trade unionist.
He should not be confused with Jack Owen (1887–1957) who was also a British trade unionist.
Jack Owen (c.1890 – 22 October 1983) was a British trade unionist.
Born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Owen worked as a blastfurnaceman in a foundry for twenty-five years. He joined the National Union of Blastfurnacemen, Ore Miners, Coke Workers and Kindred Trades (NUB), and began working full-time for the union in 1937.
In 1948, Owen was elected as general secretary of the NUB, and also to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress. He retired in 1953,
Owen died at the age of 93 in 1983.
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Who was Jack Owen?
British trade unionist
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Jack Owen was born in 1890.
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Jack Owen died on 22 October 1983.
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Jack Owen was a trade unionist.
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Jack Owen was British.
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