Joe King (trade unionist)

Joseph King (28 November 1914 – 21 September 1989) was a British trade unionist. King grew up in Atherton and left school at the age of fourteen, finding work in a local cotton mill. He joined the Amalgamated Association of Card and Blowing and Ring Room Operatives (Cardroom Amalgamation), and also the Labour Party; in 1949, he was elected to Tyldesley Urban District Council. In his spare time, King was the founder and president of the Accrington Pakistan Friendship Association, and he also served as a magistrate.

Joe King (trade unionist)

Joseph King (28 November 1914 – 21 September 1989) was a British trade unionist. King grew up in Atherton and left school at the age of fourteen, finding work in a local cotton mill. He joined the Amalgamated Association of Card and Blowing and Ring Room Operatives (Cardroom Amalgamation), and also the Labour Party; in 1949, he was elected to Tyldesley Urban District Council. In his spare time, King was the founder and president of the Accrington Pakistan Friendship Association, and he also served as a magistrate.