John Daly (trade unionist)

John Daly (born 1930 or 1931) is a former British trade union leader.

Daly began his career working for the National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers, and also served as a Trades Union Congress (TUC) education officer. In 1968, he moved to work for the National and Local Government Officers' Association (NALGO), spending time in each of the health, gas, and local government sections. He was chosen as an assistant general secretary of the union in 1976 and progressed to deputy general secretary in 1982.[1]

When Geoffrey Drain, general secretary of NALGO, announced his intention to retire in 1983, Daly was the strong favourite to succeed him. He only narrowly defeated John Ward of the First Division Association, the two both placing well ahead of Alan Jinkinson, Campbell Christie and Ernest Baxendale.[1] In the same year, he was elected to the General Council of the TUC.

Daly retired in 1989, and was succeeded by Jinkinson.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Patrick Wintour, "Deputy succeeds to top job", The Guardian, 16 April 1983
  2. Patrick Wintour, "Two leftwing candidates head fight for Nalgo leadership", The Guardian, 20 November 1989
Trade union offices
Preceded by
Bill Rankin
Deputy General Secretary of NALGO
1982 - 1983
Succeeded by
Alan Jinkinson
Preceded by
Geoffrey Drain
General Secretary of NALGO
1983 - 1989
Succeeded by
Alan Jinkinson
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/12/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.