 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
Ron Todd | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 March 1927 Walthamstow, London, England |
| Died | 30 April 2005 (aged 78) Dagenham, London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Trade unionist |
| Years active | 1955–1992 |
| Known for | Former General Secretary of the TGWU and former Vice President of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament |
| Notable work | On His Todd, Still on His Todd, Odd Thoughts in Retirement, More Odd Thoughts, A Collection of Odd Thoughts |
| Title | General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union |
| Term | 1985–1992 |
| Predecessor | Moss Evans |
| Successor | Bill Morris |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Movement | Trade Union, Anti-Apartheid, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament |
| Opponent | George Wright Neil Kinnock |
| Spouse | Josephine Todd (née Tarrant) |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents |
|
Ronald Todd (11 March 1927 – 30 April 2005) was an English Trade union leader who served as the General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union (which is now Unite the Union) from 1985 until 1992. He was a member of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress, served as the Chair of the (TUC) International Committee, a member of the National Economic Development Council and president of the Trade Union Unity Trust and was an honorary vice-president of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. He was a committed Internationalist, a relentless campaigner for Nuclear disarmament and an active campaigner in the Anti-Apartheid Movement, who counted Nelson Mandela as a close friend.
He was one of the most respected union officials of his generation and led the biggest trade union in the country during most of the Margaret Thatcher years, a period that could be counted as one of the most difficult ones for the trade union movement in the 20th century.