biography
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Willis, Norman (David)
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| lived:
| (1933– )
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| biography:
| Trade union leader, born in Ashford, W Greater London, UK. He studied at Oxford, and worked for two years for the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU) before national service (1951–3). He returned to the TGWU as personal assistant to the general secretary (1959–70) and as national secretary for research and education (1970–4), before being appointed assistant general secretary of the Trades Union Congress in 1974. He then succeeded Len Murray as general secretary of the TUC (1984–93). |
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