Terry Duffy
British trade union leader
About Terry Duffy
Lived 1922 – 1985 (aged 63). Terry Duffy was a trade union.
Terence Duffy (3 May 1922 – 1 October 1985) was a British trade union leader.
Duffy was educated at St Joseph's RC School, Wolverhampton. He served in the Second World War from 1940 to 1946 in the Royal Leicestershire Regiment assigned to the American 1st Army. He fought at Salerno and Monte Cassino.
He rose in the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers, becoming a Divisional Officer in 1969; a member of the Executive Council in 1976; and President in 1978. He was also on the General Council of the Trades Union Congress from 1978 until his death.
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Who was Terry Duffy?
British trade union leader (1922-1985)
When was Terry Duffy born?
Terry Duffy was born on 3 May 1922.
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Terry Duffy died on 1 October 1985.
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Terry Duffy was a trade union.
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