About Doug McAvoy
Lived 1939 – 2019 (aged 80). Doug McAvoy was a British trade unionist.
Doug McAvoy (2 January 1939 – 12 May 2019) was a British trade union leader. He was General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers from 1989 to 2004.
A teacher, McAvoy was secretary of Newcastle-upon-Tyne NUT and became a member of the National Executive of the Union in 1970. He was appointed Deputy General-Secretary designate in 1974, a post he held until 1989, when he became the first directly elected General Secretary.
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Who was Doug McAvoy?
British trade unionist (1939–2019)
When was Doug McAvoy born?
Doug McAvoy was born on 2 January 1939.
When did Doug McAvoy die?
Doug McAvoy died on 12 May 2019.
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Doug McAvoy was a trade unionist.
What nationality was Doug McAvoy?
Doug McAvoy was British.
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