Eddie Dempsey (trade unionist) explained
Eddie Dempsey |
Term Start: | April 2022 |
Term Start2: | October 2021 |
Term End2: | April 2022 |
Successor2: | John Leach |
Birth Place: | New Cross, London, England |
Occupation: | Trade unionist |
Eddie Dempsey (born c. 1982) is the assistant general secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), a trade union in the UK. He was elected in October 2021 to serve a five-year term until October 2026.[1]
Dempsey supported general secretary Mick Lynch on media duties during the 2022 United Kingdom railway strikes,[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] writing about the RMT's strike action in an article for the Morning Star,[7] and speaking at a Manchester rally for the 'Enough is Enough' campaign, supporting calls for a national day of action in October 2022,[8] [9] and in Liverpool.[10] [11]
Dempsey was born and raised in South London's New Cross area to Irish parents, an upbringing that led him to become secretary of the Connolly Association, an Irish emigrant workers organisation.[12] He has cited James Connolly and Padraig Pearse amongst his inspirations.[13]
Dempsey identifies with socialism,[14] and in 2019 spoke at events arguing the socialist case for the UK leaving the European Union,[15] subsequently defending himself from criticism from journalist and left-wing activist Owen Jones,[16] after Jones and fellow journalist Ash Sarkar withdrew from a London event because of Dempsey's support for a no-deal Brexit.[17] [18] Dempsey has participated in several marches against fascism and racism.[19]
Personal life
Dempsey supports Millwall and Celtic football clubs.[20]
Notes and References
- Web site: Senior Assistant General Secretary . 31 August 2022 . RMT . en.
- Web site: Jarvis . Chris . 11 August 2022 . RMT's Eddie Dempsey once again nails how Britain is kept running by the working class . 31 August 2022 . Left Foot Forward.
- Web site: 18 August 2022 . 'Attitudes are changing in this country': On the picket line with Mick Lynch and Eddie Dempsey . 2022-08-31 . . en.
- Web site: Wayne . Mike . 31 July 2022 . The Mick and Eddie Show is the new hit from the trade union movement . 31 August 2022 . . en-gb.
- Web site: Manji . Fatima . 13 July 2022 . RMT Union: 'Everyone deserves a pay rise' as more strikes planned . 31 August 2022 . . en-GB.
- Web site: Leach . Francis . 2022-07-18 . While big business have their disco, unions raise the alarm on wages . 2022-09-01 . Australian Unions . en.
- Web site: Eddie Dempsey . 2022-08-31 . . en.
- News: Kimber . Charlie . Ringrose . Isabel . 30 August 2022 . Huge Enough is Enough rally in Manchester shows mood to fight . Socialist Worker . 1 September 2022.
- Web site: Lazenby . Peter . 2022-08-31 . Manchester Cathedral packed to overflowing as Enough is Enough rally demands pay, price controls and a working-class fightback . 2022-09-03 . Morning Star . en.
- Web site: supporters . Socialist Appeal . Enough is Enough: Left leaders rally workers and youth with class demands . 2022-09-07 . Socialist Appeal . en-gb.
- Web site: 2022-09-02 . Enough is Enough's Liverpool rally sounds the call for resistance . 2022-09-03 . Socialist Worker . en-GB.
- Web site: 2 October 2019 . Brexit, the white working class and liberal left . 31 August 2022 . . en.
- Web site: Cochrane . Feargal . 2022-07-30 . Why century-dead trade unionist James Connolly is the political voice of the summer . 2022-08-31 . . en.
- Web site: RMT union's Eddie Dempsey speaks at a rail workers rally in London . 2022-08-31 . en.
- Web site: Hoare . George . Ramsay . Peter . Jones . Lee . 2019-04-04 . Transforming Britain After Brexit: Eddie Dempsey and the Divided Left . 2022-08-31 . The Full Brexit . en.
- Web site: Dempsey . Eddie . 17 September 2019 . A Reply To Owen Jones — Keep It Comradely. . 31 August 2022 . Labour Heartlands . en-GB.
- News: 1 September 2019 . RMT union member "no platformed" for supporting Brexit . Communist Party of Great Britain Marxist Leninist . 1 September 2022.
- Web site: Why they hate Eddie Dempsey . 2022-09-01 . Spiked . en-GB.
- Web site: SKWAWKBOX . 2022-09-05 . The Establishment doesn’t want you to see this 2014 video of RMT’s Eddie Dempsey . 2022-09-11 . SKWAWKBOX . en-GB.
- Lynch . Mick . Down the pub with Mick Lynch and Eddie Dempsey . Dempsey . Eddie . 2022-08-31 . . 11 August 2022 . en . YouTube.