Joseph Jones (trade unionist)

Born in St Helens, Jones studied at a technical college before becoming a coal miner.

[1] He moved to work at Thurcroft, and was elected branch secretary of the Yorkshire Miners' Association (YMA) in 1914.

[3] In 1924, Jones contested the General Secretaryship of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain (MFGB) as the candidate of the union's right-wing, but he was narrowly defeated by the communist A. J.

[4] From 1926 until 1931, Jones was on the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party, and from 1930 to 1938 he was the government's Coal Mine Reorganisation Commissioner.

[1] Jones was a Justice of the peace (JP)[6] and in the 1932 New Year Honours was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).