About John Daly
Lived 1930 – 1999 (aged 68–69). John Daly was a British trade unionist.
John Daniel Daly (27 August 1930 – February 1999) was a British trade union leader.
Born in Clerkenwell, London, Daly worked in the print industry and then studied at Ruskin College in Oxford. He joined the Workers Educational Association, and then worked for the National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers as a negotiator and as a journal editor. From 1965 he served as a Trades Union Congress (TUC) education officer.
When Geoffrey Drain, general secretary of NALGO, announced his intention to retire in 1983, Daly was the strong favourite to succeed him. He only narrowly defeated John Ward of the First Division Association, the two both placing well ahead of Alan Jinkinson, Campbell Christie and Ernest Baxendale. He died in 1999, aged 68.
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British trade union leader
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John Daly was born in 1930.
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John Daly died in 1999.
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John Daly was British.
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