Tony Dubbins

Tony Dubbins
Personal details
Nationality	British
Political party	Labour
Occupation	Trade unionist

Tony Dubbins was a prominent British trade unionist until his retirement from Unite in 2008.

He first became a full-time union official in the National Graphical Association and became general secretary in 1984, leading the union through the Wapping dispute.

The NGA merged with the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades in 1990. Dubbins won the subsequent election against Brenda Dean, SOGAT's General Secretary, to become the first, and only, general secretary of the Graphical, Paper and Media Union.

Following the GPMU's merger with Amicus in 2004, he became Deputy General Secretary. Amicus then merged with the Transport & General Workers Union in May 2007 to form Unite.

He was president of the Trades Union Congress in 1997 and chairman of the Trade Union & Labour Party Liaison Organisation until 2008.

Dubbins is a keen West Ham United supporter.

References

• Tony Dubbins a "Giant of the Trade Union Movement" to retire

Trade union offices
Preceded by Joe Wade	General Secretary of National Graphical Association 1984–1992	Succeeded by Position abolished
Preceded by New position	General Secretary of Graphical, Paper and Media Union 1992–2005	Succeeded by Position abolished
Preceded by Margaret Prosser	President of the Trades Union Congress 1997	Succeeded by John Edmonds