Wal Hannington

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wal (Walter) Hannington (1896-1966) was a founder member of the Communist Party of Great Britain and National Organiser of the National Unemployed Workers' Movement, from its formation in 1921 to its end in 1939, when he became National Organiser of the Amalgamated Engineering Union.

In 1936, he wrote a book about his experiences as leader of the NUWM, called "Unemployed Struggles 1919-1936".

[edit] External links