Labour Research (April 2019)

Union news

Former leader dies


Former general secretary of the Usdaw retail union Garfield Davies has died aged 83. 


He led the union for 11 years from 1986. On retiring he was given a peerage, taking the title of Lord Davies of Coity.

https://www.usdaw.org.uk/About-Us/News/2019/Mar/Usdaw-mourns-the-passing-of-a-former-general-secre

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/mar/13/lord-davies-of-coity-obituary


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