Doug McAvoy

Doug McAvoy (born 1939) is a retired British trade union leader. He was General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers from 1989 to 2004.

A teacher, McAvoy was secretary of Newcastle-upon-Tyne NUT and became a member of the National Executive of the Union in 1970. He was appointed Deputy General-Secretary designate in 1974, a post he held until 1989 when he became the first directly elected General Secretary in 1989.^[1]

References

1. ^ [1] 'Profile Doug McAvoy leaves top union role after 30 years' The Guardian 14 April 2004

External links

• Interview: Teachers' leader Doug McAvoy BBC News 22 April 2000
• 'McAvoy warns over union militants' BBC News June 23 1999
• 'Furious McAvoy walks out of NUT meeting' The Independent 29 May 2004

Political offices
Preceded by Fred Jarvis	General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers 1989–2004	Succeeded by Steve Sinnott

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