Fred Jarvis
Frederick Frank Jarvis CBE (8 September 1924 – 15 June 2020) was a British trade union leader. He was President of the National Union of Students (NUS) from 1952 to 1954[1] and General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) from 1975 to 1989.[2] Jarvis served as President of the Trades Union Congress in 1987,[3] the first Oxford graduate to hold that position.[4]
Early life and education
Jarvis was born in West Ham, London.[5] As a child, he attended Plaistow Secondary School[6][7] in what was then the County Borough of West Ham in Essex. At the start of World War II, the family moved to Wallasey; he attended Wallasey Grammar School and joined the Progressive Youth Movement. Later in the war, he joined the Army, taking part in the Normandy landings.[8]
In 1947, he went to University of Liverpool for a Diploma in Social Sciences, and obtained a BA (Hons) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at St Catherine's College, Oxford.[1] He married Anne Colegrove, herself a vice-president of the NUS, in 1954.[4]
Political activity
In 1951, Jarvis fought the safely-Conservative seat of Wallasey on behalf of the Labour Party, and lost to the incumbent, Ernest Marples, by 15,705 votes.[5]
Personal life
Jarvis was married to the former Anne Colegrove from 1954 to her death in 2007.[5] They had two children.[9]
Jarvis was a lifelong supporter of West Ham United Football Club.[4]
A keen photographer, Jarvis had an exhibition of his work at the TUC Centre in 2010 in aid of the North London Hospice.[10]
In 2014 he published his autobiography You Never Know Your Luck.[5]
Jarvis was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours.[11][12]
Jarvis died on 15 June 2020 at the age of 95.[5]
Fred and Anne Jarvis Award
Named after Jarvis and his late wife, the Fred and Anne Jarvis Award was established in 2007 and presented annually by the NUT.[13] Originally for individuals outside the NUT who have campaigned tirelessly for children and young people, in 2017 the award was given to a NUT member. From 2019 the award has been presented by the National Education Union, which has succeeded the NUT.
Footnotes
- "Find out who the 55th NUS President will be live". National Union of Students. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- "NUT History - NUT General Secretaries". NUT. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
- "Section 4, Details of past Congresses" (PDF). Trades Union Congress. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- "Obituary: Anne Jarvis". Guardian News and Media Limited. 2 May 2007. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- Corbett, Anne (16 June 2020). "Fred Jarvis obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- "Spirit is still flourishing". TSL Education Ltd. 31 August 2012. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
- "NewVic students meet former teachers' leader and Plaistow pupil". Newham Sixth Form College. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- Wilby, Pete (1 July 2014). "Fred Jarvis: veteran NUT leader says union is too ready to resort to strikes". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
- "Fred Jarvis, combative leader of the National Union of Teachers – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- "Former general secretary of the NUT Fred Jarvis holds exhibition at TUC". Newsquest (London) Ltd. 26 March 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- "No. 61092". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2014. p. N9.
- 2015 New Year Honours List Archived 2 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- "Memorial for Anne Jarvis at the Institute of Education" (PDF). Education Publishing Worldwide Limited. 21 September 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
References
- Biography, Who's Who
Trade union offices | ||
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Preceded by John M. Thompson |
President of the National Union of Students 1952–1954 |
Succeeded by Frank H. Copplestone |
Preceded by Ernest Naisbitt |
Deputy General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers 1970–1974 |
Succeeded by Doug McAvoy |
Preceded by Sir Edward Britton |
General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers 1975–1989 |
Succeeded by Doug McAvoy |
Preceded by Ken Gill |
President of the Trades Union Congress 1987 |
Succeeded by Clive Jenkins |
Preceded by Bill Sirs |
Trades Union Congress representative to the AFL-CIO 1987 |
Succeeded by Alec Smith |