He worked for the
National Union of Seamen then was MP for Hull East from 1970 to 2010.
THE front page of the ECHO 37 years ago today reported that the
National Union of Seamen was stepping up its industrial action over the closure of the P&O ferry link between Liverpool and Belfast.
When I was in the
National Union of Seamen in the 1960s, I fought to change its rule that allowed each member to get an extra vote for every five years of union membership.
At the same time overseas workers, believing the
national Union of Seamen was not acting in their interests, formed a rival union for blacks and Arabs called the Minority Movement.
It meant I could refuse to sign on a ship under the Shipping Federation which, together with the
National Union of Seamen, controlled our lives.
The 8,700 tonne Baltic Eagle had been stopped by the
National Union of Seamen from leaving the river in retaliation for the sacking of the crew of the Baltic Eagle's sister ship, the Baltic Valiant.
At the age of 20, he was a steward of the
National Union of Seamen and became the youngest-ever convener.
ANSWERS: 1 Limoges' 2 The
National Union of Seamen' 3 Adams' 4 Steve Collins' 5 Every ten years' 6 A putt that should not be missed and thus is conceded to the opponent' 7 One-sixteenth' 8 Billingham' 9 Bacchus' 10 Gold or yellow.
Prescott was in the Merchant Navy for 10 years, an official of the
National Union of Seamen for two and he famously threw a punch at an egg- thrower in the 2001 election.
Tabili suggests that shipowners might not have been so successful in utilizing imperial ideology if the
National Union of Seamen (NFSU/NUS) had organized men of colour and resisted the wage hierarchy.
The strike began on May 16, when the
National Union of Seamen was fighting for a 40-hour week for its members - after Hogarth & Co put the hours up to 56 - and PS60 a month pay for an able seaman.
Quiz of the Day ANSWERS: 1 Every ten years; 2 The
National Union of Seamen; 3 Billingham; 4 One-sixteenth; 5 Adams; 6 Shadowlands; 7 Bacchus; 8 Belgium; 9 Gold or yellow; 10 Steve Collins.