The General Secretary of the TUC is the chief permanent officer of the Trades Union Congress,and a major figurehead in the trade union movement in the United Kingdom.
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.
Walter McLennan Citrine,1st Baron Citrine,was one of the leading British and international trade unionists of the twentieth century and a notable public figure. Yet,apart from his renowned guide to the conduct of meetings,ABC of Chairmanship,he has been little spoken of in the history of the labour movement. More recently,labour historians have begun to re-assess Citrine's role.
Roger Lyons was the General Secretary of the MSF trade union from 1992 and re-elected leader of the union in 1997. When the union merged with the Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union to form Amicus in 2002 he subsequently became one of the Joint General Secretaries of Amicus.
Charles John Geddes,Baron Geddes of Epsom,CBE was a British trade unionist.
Rita Margaret Donaghy,Baroness Donaghy,CBE,FRSA is a British university administrator,trade unionist and Labour life peer in the House of Lords.
Cyril Thomas Howe Plant,Baron Plant,CBE was a British trade unionist.
Sir Ben Turner CBE was an English trade unionist and Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Batley and Morley from 1922 to 1924 and from 1929 to 1931.
David Basnett,Baron Basnett was a British trade union leader.
Sir Joseph Hallsworth was a British trade union leader.
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.
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is a national trade union centre,a federation of trade unions that collectively represent most unionised workers in England and Wales. There are 48 affiliated unions with a total of about 5.5 million members. Paul Nowak is the TUC's current General Secretary,serving from January 2023.
Terence Parry CBE was a British firefighter and trade unionist.
Paul Nowak is a British trade unionist. He has been the general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) since 29 December 2022. He was previously the deputy general secretary of the TUC.
Wilfred Blackwell Beard was a British trade unionist.
George Henry Bagnall CBE was a British trade unionist.
Edward Sweeney is a former British trade union leader.
Francis Chandler was a British trade unionist.
Christine Grace Payne is a British former trade union leader.
Bernard Augustus Bagnari (1902–1987) was a British trade unionist and politician.
