Anthony Woodley,Baron Woodley is a British trade unionist who was the Joint-General Secretary of Unite,a union formed through the merger of Amicus and the Transport and General Workers' Union,from 2007 to 2011. Despite stepping down as Joint-General Secretary,he remained as the Head of Organising for Unite until December 2013 and is still a consultant to the union. He was previously the General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers union (T&G) from 2004 to 2007.
Derek Simpson is a British trade unionist who was the Joint-General Secretary of the UK's biggest private-sector trade union,Unite,from 2007 until 2010. He was previously the General Secretary of Amicus from 2002 until its merger with the Transport and General Workers' Union to form Unite in 2007.
Estelle Morris,Baroness Morris of Yardley,,is a British politician and life peer who served as Secretary of State for Education and Skills from 2001 to 2002. A member of the Labour Party,she was Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Yardley from 1992 to 2005.
The Transport and General Workers' Union was one of the largest general trade unions in the United Kingdom and Ireland—where it was known as the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union (ATGWU)—with 900,000 members.
Jeffrey William Rooker,Baron Rooker is a British politician and life peer who served as a government minister from 1997 to 2008. A member of the Labour Party,he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Perry Barr from 1974 to 2001.
John David Beckett Taylor,Baron Taylor of Warwick is a member of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. In 1996,at the age of 44,he became one of the youngest people in the upper house.
David Maxim Triesman,Baron Triesman is a British politician,merchant banker and former trade union leader.
Digby Marritt Jones,Baron Jones of Birmingham,is a British businessman and politician who served as Director General of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) from 2000 to 2006,and Minister of State for Trade from 2007 to 2008. He sat in the House of Lords as a non-aligned active crossbencher until 2020.
Lawrence Sawyer,Baron Sawyer,known as Tom Sawyer,is a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician. He was General Secretary of the Labour Party from 1994 to 1998.
John Stephen Monks,Baron Monks is a Labour Co-operative member of the House of Lords and former trade unionist leader,who served as the General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in the UK from 1993 until 2003. He also served as the General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) from 2007 until 2011,having been made a Life peer in 2010.
Bryan Davies,Baron Davies of Oldham,PC is a Labour politician and former member of the House of Commons and House of Lords. He served as Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords from 2003 to 2010,and as usual for a holder of that position,also held the position of Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard.
Margaret Beryl Jones,Baroness Jones of Whitchurch is a British Labour Peer and previously a trade union official and Labour politician. She was Chair of the Labour Party from 2000 to 2001. She has served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Future Digital Economy and Online Safety,Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Legislation and as a Baroness in Waiting since July 2024.
The Modern Records Centre (MRC) is the specialist archive service of the University of Warwick in Coventry,England,located adjacent to the Central Campus Library. It was established in October 1973 and holds the world's largest archive collection on British industrial relations,as well as archives relating to many other aspects of British social,political and economic history.
Denis Herbert Howell,Baron Howell was a British Labour Party politician. He was a councillor on Birmingham City Council between 1946 and 1956. He was the Member of Parliament for Birmingham All Saints from 1955 to 1959,and MP for Birmingham Small Heath from 1961 to 1992. In 1992,he was made a life peer and became a Member of the House of Lords.
Charles George Ammon,1st Baron Ammon,PC,DL,JP was a British Labour Party politician.
Thomas Henry Burlison,Baron Burlison,DL was a British footballer,GMB trade unionist and Treasurer of the Labour Party. He was the first former professional footballer to take a seat in the House of Lords.
The Jamaica Association of Local Government Officers (JALGO) is a 5,000-member public sector trade union in Jamaica which represents workers in local and national government,governmental corporations,quasi-government bodies and other agencies created by statute. Its members are non-supervisory personnel and include fire-fighters with the Jamaica Fire Brigade,workers at the National Water Commission,non-nursing personnel in the health service,non-teachers in the schools,workers at the National Irrigation Commission and government employees in the 13 Parish Councils.
Frances Lorraine Maria O'Grady,Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway,is a British former trade unionist leader,who served as the General Secretary of the British Trades Union Congress (TUC) from 2013 to 2022,being the first woman to hold the position. After O'Grady presented her resignation in 2022,Paul Nowak was selected to succeed her;he took up the post on 29 December 2022. O'Grady sits as a life peer in the House of Lords.
Steve Turner is Assistant General Secretary (AGS) of Britain and Ireland's largest trade union,Unite the Union. He is responsible for the union's manufacturing sector,along with its retired members and Unite's community membership.
John Hannett,Baron Hannett of Everton,is a British trade unionist and formerly General Secretary of the Union of Shop,Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW). He was appointed a member of the House of Lords in 2024.
