John Keenan and the 1974 Pinochet boycott

John Keenan, best known for his role in organising a boycott of work on jet engines destined for Chile after the Pinochet coup of 1973, passed away in the early hours of 8 September 2023. John was a lifelong trade unionist, initially a member of the Amalgamated Engineering Union and finally, as a result of a succession of mergers over the decades, a member of Unite the Union.

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