About Dai Davies
Lived 1909 – 1998 (aged 88). Dai Davies was a trade unionist.
Sir David Henry Davies (1 December 1909 – 2 April 1998), known as Dai Davies, was a Welsh trade unionist and Labour Party official. He served as General Secretary of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation from 1967 to 1975 and held the positions of Chairman of the Labour Party from 1962 to 1963 and Treasurer from 1965 to 1967.
Early life and career Davies was born in Beaufort, Ebbw Vale, and worked in the local steel industry before joining the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation. The Iron and Steel Act 1967 brought about 90% of British steelmaking into public ownership.
Davies also served as the Iron, Steel and Minor Metal Trades representative on the General Council of the Trades Union Congress from 1967 to 1975.
Death Davies died on 2 April 1998, aged 88.
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British trade unionist
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Dai Davies was born on 1 December 1909.
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Dai Davies was a trade unionist.
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