Tom Jones (Australian Politician)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Thomas Henry Jones OAM (born March 2, 1924) is a retired Australian politician and trade union leader. He served the Australian Labor Party as member for Collie from 1968 until his retirement in 1989.Jones was born in Donnybrook, Western Australia. He worked as a call boy with the railways at the beginning of his career after moving to Collie in 1929. In 1947 he joined the coal mining industry and in 1951 was elected General Secretary of the Coal Miners Industrial Union - the youngest person ever elected to that position. He also served as Secretary of the Collie Coal Miners Combined Union. Tom Jones was also responsible as an industrial advocate for winning the 35-hour week as an Award Condition for Australian workers.