Brendan Barber

Brendan Barber

Brendan Paul Barber (born 3 April 1951, Southport, Merseyside) has been the General Secretary of Britain's Trades Union Congress (TUC) since June 2003.

Early life

He was educated at the private school, St Mary's College, Sefton (then a direct grant grammar school). Between school and university, he spent a year with VSO teaching in the Volta Region of Ghana. At City University, he earned a BA Hons in [http://www.city.ac.uk/social Social Sciences] in 1974, then spent the next year as the President of the Students' Union..

Career

He spent a year as a researcher for the Ceramics, Glass and Mineral Products Industry Training Board based in Harrow.

TUC

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.

Personal life

He met Mary Gray in the TUC International Dept, and they married. They have two daughters (born October 1985 and May 1988). He supports Everton F.C. and lives in Muswell Hill.

External links

* [http://www.tuc.org.uk/the_tuc/about_bbarber.cfm TUC]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2003/sep/06/politics.business "Guardian" profile September 2003]
* [http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/about/people/court.htm Bank of England Court of Directors]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-utuC8ZTew YouTube]


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