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

1. ↑ New Society, Vol.51, p.52
2. 1 2 3 Mark Baimbridge, Brian Burkitt and Philip Whyman, Implications of the Euro: A Critical Perspective from the Left, pp.xiv-xv
3. ↑ Michael Crick, Militant
4. ↑ "1999 Election candidates". UK Office of the European Parliament. Retrieved 2009-06-04.