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Who is John La Rose?
27 December 1927 - 28 February 2006
John La Rose was born in Arima, Trinidad,
in 1927. At nine he won a scholarship to
St Mary's College, where he later taught
before becoming an insurance executive.
In the 1940s John La Rose helped to found
the Workers Freedom Movement and edited
their journal 'Freedom'.
He was an executive member of the
Federated Workers Trade Union,
later merged into the
National Union of Government
and Federated Workers.
He became General Secretary
of the West Indian Independence Party
and and contested a seat in the
1956 General Election for the party.]
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