Alan Tuffin
Alan Tuffin CBE (2 August 1933 – 10 November 2017) was a British trade union leader.[1]
Tuffin attended Eltham Secondary School, leaving at age 16 to work for the Post Office. He became active in the Union of Communication Workers, as its London Union Regional Official in 1957, then taking a full-time post as National Official in 1969, and becoming Deputy General Secretary ten years later. In 1982, he was elected as General Secretary of the union. He and his wife, Jean Elizabeth, married in 1957; and had one son and one daughter.[2]
From 1982 until his retirement in 1993, Tuffin served on the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), winning election as President of the TUC (1992–93). In 1993, he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). In retirement, he served on the Employment Appeal Tribunal, and as a director of Remploy.[2]
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| Trade union offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Norman Stagg |
Deputy General Secretary of the Union of Communication Workers 1980–1982 |
Succeeded by Tony Clarke |
| Preceded by Thomas Jackson |
General Secretary of the Union of Communication Workers 1982–1993 |
Succeeded by Alan Johnson |
| Preceded by Rodney Bickerstaffe |
President of the Trades Union Congress 1992/3 |
Succeeded by Jimmy Knapp |
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