death on 14 May of Dai Coity Davies, aged 63, compensation secretary South Wales Socialist Challenge thur Cook in the Ken Loach TV series its about the 1920s, Days of Hope.
1955 became secretary, death. security legislation (he recently helped organise a conference on the Tory measures), health both inside and outside the mining industry.
fought hard for who suffered from pneumoconiosis and other mining diseases; he was also the national Fightback, the workers organisation, chaired the Fightback conference.
The tremendous amount of work which he put in to the South Wales Health Cuts Committee is an indicaton of his great dedication to the fight for socialism. Sp mcctings, , 00 г.00 The labour movement in South Wales health authorities, writing reports and was shattered to learn of the sudden providing ideas, Dai was an inspiration to many.
Miners. Many readers remember him for his portrayal of Ar- movement would only be defeated by present Dai spent his entire life in the min- of the Welsh and British TUCs to ing industry, firstly as an undergound organise the fight against redundanworker then as a full-time official. He cies in La post he held until his was. always Dai was an expert on social itiatives as well as the field of Will Miners' President, compensation to be paid to miners stressing the leadership that he had movement for so long. committee of Dai national health and recently cerned about Leaking at public the
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was elected to the Area Executive in refusal of the right wing of the NUM compensation to aid the South Wales miners. He