Joe Marino
Joe Marino (born 1946 or 1947[1]) is a British trade unionist.
Marino joined the Bakers, Food and Allied Workers' Union (BFAWU) in his youth, and was elected as a shop steward in 1968. He was active in attempts to build a shop stewards' movement, and in 1971 was elected to the union's National Executive Council, soon also becoming involved in national negotiations over pay and conditions.[2]
BFAWU members undertook a national strike in 1978; this ended in defeat, but Marino's profile increased to the extent that he was elected as the union's general secretary the following year. At this time, he was a member of the Militant Tendency, a Trotskyist group in the Labour Party.[3]
Marino left the Labour Party in the 1990s, and joined the Socialist Labour Party, for which he stood unsuccessfully in London at the European Parliament election, 1999, championing a Eurosceptic position.[2][4]
Marino remained general secretary of BFAWU until his retirement in 2010. From 1998, he also served on the executive of the General Federation of Trade Unions,[2] and as its chair from 2009 until 2011.
References
- ^ New Society, Vol.51, p.52
- ^ a b c Mark Baimbridge, Brian Burkitt and Philip Whyman, Implications of the Euro: A Critical Perspective from the Left, pp.xiv-xv
- ^ Michael Crick, Militant
- ^ "1999 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Retrieved 2009-06-04.