Tom Mann

Tom Mann (born April 15, 1856, Foleshill, Warwickshire, Eng.—died March 13, 1941, Grassington, Yorkshire) was a radical labour leader, founder and member of numerous British labour unions and organizations. Mann joined the Amalgamated Society of Engineers in 1881 and in 1885 affiliated himself with the socialist movement. He first gained national prominence as coleader, with John Burns, of the great London dock strike in 1889. In the 1890s he served as secretary to James Keir...