THE FORGOTTEN NATION BUILDER or TOO CONTROVERSIAL FOR MEMORY?
Allan George St. Claver Coombs or “Father Coombs,” born in 1901 was
co-founder of the first islandwide decentralized union, the Jamaica
Workers and Transport Union, 1936. He was also a founding member of the
Bustamante Industrial Trade Union, Member of Parliament for North-West
St. James and Communication and Works Minister under the People’s
National Party government (1950s). After falling out of grace with
Alexander Bustamante and Norman Manley, his political career gradually
declined. He fell on destitute times and was buried a pauper. The body
of Coombs was exhumed from the May Pen cemetery in Kingston and
re-interred at the Oaklawn Memorial Garden, Mandeville on Wednesday
August 14, 2013.
Of course, his colourful political career included
suspension from the House of Representatives on more than one occasion
and an arrest for disorderly conduct.
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Allan George St. Claver Coombs or “Father Coombs,” born in 1901 was co-founder of the first islandwide decentralized union, the Jamaica Workers and Transport Union, 1936. He was also a founding member of the Bustamante Industrial Trade Union, Member of Parliament for North-West St. James and Communication and Works Minister under the People’s National Party government (1950s). After falling out of grace with Alexander Bustamante and Norman Manley, his political career gradually declined. He fell on destitute times and was buried a pauper. The body of Coombs was exhumed from the May Pen cemetery in Kingston and re-interred at the Oaklawn Memorial Garden, Mandeville on Wednesday August 14, 2013.
Of course, his colourful political career included suspension from the House of Representatives on more than one occasion and an arrest for disorderly conduct.
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