Who was General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union from 1992 to 2003, and the first black leader of a British trade union?
Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth a letter to "The Guardian" opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue. Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth William Manuel Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth, OJ, DL (born 19 October 1938), generally known as Bill Morris, is a former British trade union leader. He was General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union from 1992 to 2003, and the first black leader of a major British trade union. Morris sits in the House of Lords, taking the Labour Party whip. Bill Morris was born in Manchester Parish, Jamaica. After the death of his father,
Transport and General Workers' Union Transport and General Workers' Union The Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU or T&G) was one of the largest general trade unions in the United Kingdom and Ireland - where it was known as the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union (ATGWU) to differentiate itself from the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union - with 900,000 members (and was once the largest trade union in the world). It was founded in 1922, and its first general secretary was Ernest Bevin. In 2007, it merged with Amicus to form Unite the Union. At the time of its creation in 1922, the