Brendan Barber (born 3 April1951) has been the General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) since June 2003. April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 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. ... Trades Union Congress headquarters at Congress House in Great Russell Street near Tottenham Court Road, Camden, London. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Brendan Barber
After leaving City University in 1974 he spent a year as a researcher for the Ceramics, Glass and Mineral Products Industry Training Board. In 1975 he got his first job at the TUC as a policy officer. In 1979 he became the head of the TUC's Press and Information Department. In 1987 he became head of the Organisation and Industrial Relations Department and in 1993 he became Deputy General Secretary. Brendon Barber courtesy of the TUC. copyright: Jess Hurd/reportdigital. ... Brendon Barber courtesy of the TUC. copyright: Jess Hurd/reportdigital. ... City University is a British University, based at Northampton Square in Clerkenwell, London, England. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
John Monks (born 5 August 1945 in Manchester) was the General Secretary of the TUC in the UK from 1993 until 2003, when he became the General Secretary of the ETUC. After studying economic history at the University of Nottingham, he joined the TUC in 1969 and by 1977 was... 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. ...
BrendanBarber joined the TUC, according to a mischievous member of the organisation's general council, because he found his old job as researcher for the ceramics, glass and mineral products industry training board too exciting.
Barber sat at the cabinet table in the seat usually occupied by the chancellor, his colleagues fanning out to the left and right to nab an empty chair rather than signify political preference.
Barber, 53, spent his first 16 years in a borstal in Southport, living in the grounds of a young offenders' institution at which his father was a bricklaying instructor.
Mr Barber, meanwhile, has been concentrating on the abuses of the private corporate sector, especially in relation to pensions, as more and more companies abandon their final salary pension schemes.
Mr Barber has also been involved of the TUC anti-racism campaign, and has recently tried to organise workers to oppose the National Front when they stood in local elections in towns like Burnley and Oldham in the Northwest of England.
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