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Wal Hannington (CP/IND/HANN). Wal
Walter "Wal" Hannington (17 June – 17 November ) was a founding member of the Communist Party of Great Britain and National Organiser of the National Unemployed Workers' Movement, from its formation in to its end in , when he became National Organiser of the Amalgamated Engineering Union.A highly independent individual who Walter (Wal) Hannington () Hannington was a member of British Socialist Party, and active in the Shop Stewards’ Movement; delegate to London District Council of Toolmakers’ Society during the First World War.
The NUWM helped to create It aimed at drawing attention to the plight of unemployed workers during the post-First World War slump, the General Strike and later the Great Depression, and at fighting the Means Test. The NUWM was founded by Wal Hannington and led in Scotland by Harry McShane.
The article details Communist Walter "Wal" Hannington (–) was a founding member of the Communist Party of Great Britain and National Organiser of the National Unemployed Workers' Movement, from its formation in to its end in , when he became National Organiser of the Amalgamated Engineering Union.