Sad news today from the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) of the untimely death of former FBU President and long serving Executive member for London, Mick Shaw (http://www.fbu.org.uk/?p=5423).
I met Mick a few times through union and political activity and found him consistent, principled, clear-headed and likeable. He is a loss to our movement precisely because he gave so much and set such a fine example.
I couldn't put it better than John McDonnell who says, on the website of the Labour Representation Committee (LRC);
"Mick was one of the finest socialists and most selfless, dedicated trade unionists I have ever met. Firmly on the Left, for many of us he was an unsung working class hero." (http://l-r-c.org.uk/press/mick-shaw-a-true-socialist/)
(At that link you can see Mick speaking to the LRC AGM in 2009.)
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