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Life Summary

Name	Jack McPhillips
Alternative Names	Leslie John McPhillips
Born	21 March, 1910 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Died	1 September, 2004 (aged 94) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	unknown
Related Entries	[View as tree] McPhillips, Henry Joseph (brother) Grant, George William (colleague) Short, Laurie (colleague)
Education *	Arncliffe Public School (Sydney) (student, ?-1924)
Occupation or Descriptor *	clerk (1924-1929) New South Wales, Australia communist (1931-2004) New South Wales, Australia industrial arbitration advocate (1940-1950) New South Wales, Australia trade union official (1940-1950) New South Wales, Australia communist party organiser (1945-1969) New South Wales, Australia gaoled trade unionist (1949-1949) New South Wales, Australia prisoner (1949-1949) New South Wales, Australia
Key Events *	coal strike (1949) (union leader) Engineers' strike (1947, Melbourne) (union leader) steel strike (NSW, 1945) (union leader)
Key Organisations *	ACTU (delegate, ?-?) Unemployed Workers' Movement (Sydney) (member) North Australian Workers' Union (secretary, 1940-?) Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (NSW) (organiser, 1942) Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (federal) (assistant secretary, 1943-1950) Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (federal) (secretary, 1950-1952) World Federation of Trade Unions (member, 1952-?)
Political Activism *	ALP (NSW) (member, 1928-1931) Communist Party (NSW) (member, 1931-1969) Socialist Party of Australia (NSW) (member, 1971-?) Socialist Party of Australia (national) (president, 1984-1992) Communist Party (NSW) (member, 1992-2009)

* Dates are approximate