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Dave Ayre: lifelong fighter for the working class
A bricklayer until his retirement and a trade unionist until his death at the age of 90, trade unionists and socialists will remember the remarkable contribution of the building activist who was illegally blacklisted for his role in the class struggle
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WITH the exception of a short period of National Service, Dave worked as a bricklayer from finishing his apprenticeship until he retired at 65. Sworn in as a member of Crook AUBTW union branch (later known as Crook Ucatt UB145) aged 17, in 1948, Dave would later go on to become branch secretary for the duration of his working life.
Despite retiring, Dave continued in this role for nearly another quarter of a century, as well as administering the local union-led Retired Members Association, and virtually single-handedly kept the local union together.
Dave lived by his father’s advice throughout his life, which was “Make sure you pay your union money and your rent in that order — because if you don’t pay your union money you’ll never be able to pay your rent.”
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