Story: Cook, Arthur

Arthur Cook and Richard Eddy working on a railway line

Arthur Cook and Richard Eddy working on a railway line

Longtime workmates and friends Arthur Cook (seated, front, with crossed spades) and Dick Eddy (standing behind, with his hand on Cook's shoulder) together helped rebuild the New Zealand Workers' Union in the 1930s, as secretary and president.

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John E. Martin. 'Cook, Arthur', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/4c29/cook-arthur (accessed 18 April 2024)