Eric Nevin (died 21 August 2009) was a British trade union leader.
Born in Waterloo, Merseyside, Nevin studied at St Mary's College, Crosby, on HMS Conway , and at Liverpool Technical College. He served in the Merchant Navy from 1948, and became a master seaman in 1957. [1]
Nevin joined the Merchant Navy and Airline Officers' Association (MNAOA) and began working full-time for the union in 1959, initially as an assistant district secretary in Liverpool, but two years later he was promoted to become a national secretary. He rose to become assistant general secretary in 1971, and then in 1974 was elected as the union's general secretary. [1]
As the leader of the union, Nevin set up the J. W. Slater Memorial Fund, in memory of his predecessor, and he served on a large number of external bodies. [1] From 1985, this included the General Council of the Trades Union Congress. [2] He organised a merger between the MNAOA and two smaller unions, forming the National Union of Marine, Aviation and Shipping Transport Officers. [3] Nevin continued as general secretary until his retirement in 1988. He died in 2009, at the age of 78, following a long illness. [1]