General Secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress
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The General Secretary of the STUC is the chief permanent officer of the Scottish Trades Union Congress, and a major figure in the trade union movement in the United Kingdom.
The Secretary is responsible for the effective operation of the STUC and for leading implementation of policies set by the annual Congress and the organisation's General Council. They also serve as the STUC's chief representative, both with the public and with other organisations.
The position was formed in 1922, when the Parliamentary Committee of the STUC became the General Council. The position of Secretary has been a permanent, full-time position in the TUC since that time. Before that, the Secretary was elected annually at Congress.
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Secretaries of the Parliamentary Committee of the STUC
- 1897: Margaret Irwin
- 1900: George Carson
- 1918: Robert Allan
General Secretaries of the STUC
- 1922: William Elger
- 1947: Charles Murdoch
- 1949: George Middleton
- 1963: James Jack
- 1975: James Milne
- 1986: Campbell Christie
- 1998: Bill Speirs
- 2006: Grahame Smith
Deputy General Secretaries of the STUC
- 1969: James Milne
- 1975: James Kirkwood
- 1978: John Henry
- 1988: Bill Speirs
- 1998: Grahame Smith
- 2006: Dave Moxham
Presidents of the STUC
References
- ↑ Angela Tuckett, The Scottish Trades Union Congress: the first 80 years, 1897-1977
- ↑ Scottish Trades Union Congress, "Report of General Council to Annual Congress (2008), pp.72-73
