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'''Norman David Willis''' (born 21 January 1933 in [[Ashford, Surrey]]) was the [[General Secretary of the TUC|General Secretary]] of the [[Trades Union Congress|Trades Union Congress (TUC)]] in the United Kingdom from 1984–1993, and President of the [[European Trade Union Confederation|European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC)]] 1991–93.▼
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| office = President of the [[European Trade Union Confederation]]
| term_start = 1991
| term_end = 1993
| predecessor = [[Ernst Breit]]
| successor = [[Fritz Verzetnitsch]]
| office2 = [[General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress]]
| term_start2 = 7 September 1984
| term_end2 = 10 September 1993
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* [[Kenneth Graham (trade unionist)|Kenneth Graham]]
* [[John Monks]]
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| predecessor2 = [[Len Murray]]
| successor2 = [[John Monks]]
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| office3 = [[Deputy General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress]]
| term_start3 = 1977
| term_end3 = 1984
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| 1namedata3 = [[Len Murray]]
| predecessor3 = ''new position''
| successor3 = [[Kenneth Graham (trade unionist)|Kenneth Graham]]
| office4 = [[Assistant General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress]]
| term_start4 = 1973
| term_end4 = 1977
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| 1namedata4 = [[Len Murray]]
| predecessor4 = [[Len Murray]]
| successor4 = [[David Lea, Baron Lea of Crondall|David Lea]]
| office5 = [[Staines Urban District]] Councillor
| term_start5 = 1971
| term_end5 = 1974
| birth_place = [[Ashford, Surrey|Ashford]], [[Middlesex]], England
| death_date = {{Death-date and age|7 June 2014|21 January 1933}}
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▲'''Norman David Willis''' (
==Life==
Willis was born in [[Ashford, Surrey|Ashford]], [[Middlesex]]. He attended [[Spelthorne College|Ashford County Grammar School]] in [[Ashford, Surrey|Ashford]], [[Middlesex]], and studied at [[Ruskin College]] and [[Oriel College, Oxford]]. He was a Labour councillor on Staines UDC from
==Career==
===TGWU===
He worked for the [[Transport and General Workers' Union|TGWU]] from
===TUC===
He became assistant General Secretary of the TUC in 1974. The leadership of Norman Willis from 1984<ref>''[[Glasgow Herald]]''. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19840903&id=p8tAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zKUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3748,313341 "Brighton rock"]. 3 September 1984, p. 8. Retrieved 25 May 2013.</ref> coincided in the late 1980s with a period of considerable change for the Trade Union movement in the UK: union membership was falling; the movement was facing power-limiting legislation from the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] government; and the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] was conducting a [[Policy Review (Labour Party)|fundamental review]] of its policies and the nature of its links with the unions.<ref>McKinlay, John. [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19860902&id=J4lhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qqUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3745,293526 "Strike ballot vote sets scene for Kinnock"]. ''Glasgow Herald'', 2 September 1986, p. 7. Retrieved 25 May 2013.</ref>
==Personal life==
He
Willis died on 7 June 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Norman Willis 1933 – 2014|url=http://www.tuc.org.uk/about-tuc/norman-willis-1933-%E2%80%93-2014|website=TUC|accessdate=25 June 2014|date=25 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jun/25/norman-willis|title = Norman Willis obituary|website = [[TheGuardian.com]]|date = 25 June 2014}}</ref>
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▲| DATE OF BIRTH = 21 January 1933
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