{"product_id":"reminiscences-of-a-worker-correspondent-roy-jones-9781907464652","title":"Reminiscences of a worker correspondent","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoy Jones is a journalist of an unusual kind, a real worker correspondent. He became an reporter \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eon the Morning Star after a hard apprenticeship as an itinerant industrial worker, as a militant \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etrade unionist working as a pipefitter on industrial sites throughout Britain where the weather \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewas as challenging as the bosses (and bosses' placemen) who made a guaranteed weekly wage \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ean uncertain prospect. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProud of both his traditional manual skills and his newly acquired craft he was respected by \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etrade union leaders as much as he was trusted by workers on picket lines not least because he \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebrought to his reporting a sharp intelligence combined with a real insight into the daily problems \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eworkers face. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese reminiscences arrived at Manifesto Press as a series of witty, entertaining, insightful and \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epolitically perceptive political accounts of his unusual life and work. Some recalled in conversation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand recorded by friends and family, some culled from his decades of clippings, some \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe product of discussion with his colleagues and comrades. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe finished text bears the marks of its transcription from oral and written accounts and we \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eare indebted to Manifesto Press volunteer Alan Tucker who carried through the first and most \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erigorous edit. Alan is a former engineer, systems analyst and project manager, and technical \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eauthor and the text is the result of his discipline and energy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roy Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1907464654\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781907464652\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manifesto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/06\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d","brand":"Roy Jones","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46526504861951,"sku":"9781907464652","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0011b836-789c-4cbe-b2d5-bb16dd0a2803.jpg?v=1737556374","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reminiscences-of-a-worker-correspondent-roy-jones-9781907464652","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}