Sam McCluskie (11 August 1932 – 15 September 1995) was a British Labour Party politician and trade unionist. He came from
Leith in
Edinburgh. He followed
Albert Booth
Albert Edward Booth (28 May 1928 – 6 February 2010) was a British left-wing Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician and cabinet minister.
Early life
Booth was educated at Marine School, South Shields and Northumbria University, Rutherford ...
as Treasurer of the Labour Party from 1984 to 1992. He was general secretary of the
National Union of Seamen from 1986 up to the merger which formed the
RMT in 1990. He held a post in that union but retired in 1991.
[Terry Pattinson,]
Obituary: Sam McCluskie
, '' The Independent'', 18 September 1995
In 1988, McCluskie recorded a fundraising single with
John Prescott.
References
1995 deaths
1932 births
British Merchant Navy personnel
General Secretaries of the National Union of Seamen
Scottish trade unionists
Labour Party (UK) officials
People from Leith
Chairs of the Labour Party (UK)
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