John Monks

For other people named John Monks, see John Monks (disambiguation).

The Right Honourable The Lord Monks
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 October 2010 Life Peerage

Monks has also sat on numerous other bodies, including Acas from 1979 until 1995. In 2000, he agreed to chair the Co-operative Commission, reporting in 2001 with recommendations for the co-operative movement. He was also President of the British Airline Pilots Association. He was a non-executive director of Thompsons Solicitors between 2010 and 2019 and was a visiting professor at the University of Manchester. He is a vice – president of Justice for Colombia and of the Smith Institute, and President of the Involvement and Participation Association. Monks has honorary degrees from the universities of Nottingham, Salford, Manchester(UMIST), Cranfield, Cardiff, Southampton, Kingston and the Open University. He is also a Fellow of the City and Guilds of London Institute.

House of Lords

He took his seat in the House of Lords on 11 October 2010, having been created a life peer on 26 July 2010 as Baron Monks, of Blackley in the County of Greater Manchester. ^{[2] [3]}

In August 2014, Monks was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue. ^[4]

He was appointed a Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur (2014).^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Stevenson, Alexander (2013). The Public Sector: Managing The Unmanageable. ISBN   978-0-7494-6777-7.
2. "No. 59502". The London Gazette . 29 July 2010. p. 14515.
3. Biography Lord Monks Archived 27 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine – official website of the UK Parliament
4. "Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories | Politics". The Guardian. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.

External links

• ETUC Archived 31 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine
• Guardian December 2002
• Guardian September 2002

• Organised labour portal

Trade union offices
Preceded by Kenneth Graham	Deputy General Secretary of the TUC 1987–1993	Succeeded by Brendan Barber
Preceded by Norman Willis	General Secretary of the TUC 1993–2003	Succeeded by Brendan Barber
Preceded by Emilio Gabaglio	General Secretary of the ETUC 2003–2011	Succeeded by Bernadette Ségol
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by The Lord Browne of Ladyton	Gentlemen Baron Monks	Followed by The Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield