Doug McAvoy

Male, Person

1939 –

92

Who is Doug McAvoy?

Doug McAvoy is a retired British trade union leader. He was General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers from 1989 to 2004.

A teacher, McAvoy was secretary of Newcastle-upon-Tyne NUT and became a member of the National Executive of the Union in 1970. He was appointed Deputy General-Secretary designate in 1974, a post he held until 1989 when he became the first directly elected General Secretary in 1989.

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Born
1939

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on July 23, 2013

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