About Marge Carey
Lived 1938 – 2012 (aged 73). Marge Carey was a trade unionist.
Margery Carey, MBE (14 October 1938 – 23 January 2012) was a British trade unionist and served as President of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) from 1997 to 2006.
Early life Carey was born in Middlesbrough, although her family soon moved to Liverpool.
Carey joined the USDAW in 1972, whilst working at Vernons Pools, She was promoted to Divisional Officer for the union's North West region in February 1990 and continued in that position until she retired in 2001. She was elected President of the USDAW from 1997 until 2006. and was awarded an MBE in 1998 "for services to industrial relations".
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British trade unionist
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Marge Carey was born on 14 October 1938.
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Marge Carey died on 23 January 2012.
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Marge Carey was a trade unionist.
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