Brenda Dean, Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde
| The Right Honourable The Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde PC |
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| Born | 29 April 1943 Salford, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse(s) | Keith McDowall (CBE)[1] |
| Occupation | Peer Trade unionist |
Brenda Dean, Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde PC, FRSA (born 29 April 1943)[2] is a British trade unionist and politician.[3]
She began her career as a trade unionist as a teenager,[3] becoming President of the print union SOGAT in 1983, and was its General Secretary between 1985 and 1991.[1]
She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 1992. Dean was created a life peer in October 1993 as Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde of Eccles in the County of Greater Manchester,[1] and a Privy Councillor in 1998.[2] She was a member of the National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education that published an influential report in 1997.[4]
Her autobiography, Hot Mettle, deals largely with her tenure as SOGAT General Secretary at the time of Rupert Murdoch's battles with her own and other trades unions. She is a Vice-President of the Debating Group.[5]
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| Preceded by | General Secretary of SOGAT 1985–1992 |
Succeeded by Position abolished |
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