Paul Nowak (trade unionist)
Paul Nowak | |
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 Paul Nowak with Manuel Cortes (right) and Mick Whelan (left) at the Protest for an Affordable Railway under Public Ownership at London Waterloo in 2015. | |
| Deputy General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress | |
| Assumed office 2013 Serving with Kay Carberry (2013-16) | |
| General Secretary | Frances O'Grady |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 1972 (age 49) Bebington, Wirral, England |
| From 2013 to 2016, Nowak held the position of Assistant General Secretary. | |
Paul Nowak (born May 1972) is a British trade union official.
Born in Bebington on the Wirral, Nowak started work at Asda at the age of seventeen, and immediately joined a union. He became Vice President of the Wirral Trades Union Council at the age of nineteen – the youngest person ever to hold the post.
Taking posts in a variety of unions, Nowak has been an activist in the Communication Workers Union, GMB Union and Unison.[1] In 1998, he was active in the Banking Insurance and Finance Union, when was one of the first students at the Trades Union Congress (TUC) Organising Academy.[2]
Nowak later worked for the TUC, as regional secretary of the Northern TUC, and then as head of its organising department. He also served on the board of Acas.[2] In February 2013, he was appointed joint Assistant General Secretary of the TUC,[3] and in February 2016, he was promoted to become Deputy General Secretary.[4]
References[]
- ^ Eleanor Barlow, "Wirral man Paul Nowak appointed assistant general secretary of the Trades Union Congress", Liverpool Echo, 26 February 2013
- ^ a b Pete Murray, "TUC appoints senior organiser to new top job Archived 2013-11-05 at the Wayback Machine", Union News, 13 February 2013
- ^ "Paul Nowak, Assistant General Secretary", Trades Union Congress
- ^ Trades Union Congress, "Paul Nowak appointed TUC Deputy General Secretary", 25 February 2016
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Leaders of British trade unions
- People from Bebington