| First Name |
Len
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| Middle Name |
David
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| Last Name |
McCluskey
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| Full Name at Birth |
Leonard David McCluskey
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| Alternative Name |
Leonard McCluskey, General Secretary, Unite General Secretary, General Secretary of Unite, Red Len
|
| Birthday |
23rd July, 1950
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| Birthplace |
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
|
| Build |
Average
|
| Eye Color |
Grey
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| Hair Color |
Salt and Pepper
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| Distinctive Feature |
Big & Bulbous Nose, Thin Lips, Strawberry Blonde Greying Hair, Permanently Unshaven, Thin Black Rimmed Spectacles
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| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer
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| Sexuality |
Straight
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| Religion |
Roman Catholic
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| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
British
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| High School |
[1968] Cardinal Godfrey School in Anfield, Liverpool
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| Occupation Text |
General Secretary of "Unite", columnist for "The Guardian".
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| Occupation |
Labor Leader
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| Claim to Fame |
General Secretary of trade union 'Unite the Union'.
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| Music Genre (Text) |
Trade Unionism, General Secretary, Unite the Union, The Labour Party, Newspaper Columnist, Militant Tendency, Transport and General Workers' Union (T&GWU)
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| Year(s) Active |
2017 > 2019 (tv guest: 'Peston on Sunday' (TV Series)), 2015 > 2017 (tv guest: 'Panorama' (TV Series documentary)), 2012 > 2017 (tv guest: 'Question Time' (TV Series)), 2010 > present (columnist: for "The Guardian"), 1968 > 1979 (ship’s planner: for Mersey Docks and Harbour Board), 1968 > ???? (member: Transport and General Workers' Union (T&GWU)), 1969 > ???? (shop steward: Transport and General Workers' Union (T&GWU)), 1970 > present (member: The Labour Party), 1979 > ???? (officer: of the T&GWU), 198? > 198? (campaign organiser: of the T&GWU), 1990 > ???? (National Secretary: of the T&GWU General Workers group), 2004 > ???? (national organiser for the service industries: for the T&GWU), 2007 > ???? (Assistant General Secretary for Industrial Strategy: of 'Unite the Union'), 2011 > 2013 (General Secretary: of Unite the Union having been elected in 2010), 2013 > present (General Secretary: of Unite the Union having been re-elected in 2013)
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| Associated Acts |
Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, Transport and General Workers' Union (T&GWU), The Labour Party, The Guardian
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| Pets |
Jeremy Corbyn (ex trade unionist)
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| Favorite People |
Tony Mulhearn, Derek Hatton, Ed Miliband, Tony Woodley (trade union colleague), Derek Simpson (trade union colleague)
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| Favorite Places |
Durham Miners' Gala
(annual event), Venezuela
(socialist states), Cuba
(socialist states)
|
Leonard David McCluskey (born 23 July 1950) is a British trade unionist. He is General Secretary of Unite the Union, the largest affiliate and a major donor to the Labour Party. As a young adult, he spent some years working in the Liverpool Docks for the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company prior to becoming a full-time union official for the Transport and General Workers' Union (T&GWU) in 1979.
