Sam McCluskie (11 August 1932 – 15 September 1995) was a British Labour Party politician and trade unionist. He came from

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. He followed Albert Booth as Treasurer of the Labour Party from 1984 to 1992. He was general secretary of the

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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,
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'', 18 September 1995 In 1988, McCluskie recorded a fundraising single with

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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) {{UK-trade-unionist-bio-stub