Dick Pickering
Richard Pickering (22 September 1942 – 10 October 1996) was a British trade union leader.
Born in
In 1987, Pickering resigned as chair of the union, by then known as the GMB, in protest at increases in membership fees and reductions in shop stewards' commission for collecting these dues.[3] In a surprise move, he stood for the post again when a new election was held but was defeated by Olga Mean,[4] and only won the post back in 1992. This post, which was subsequently renamed "president" of the union, brought him prominence in the trade union movement; he chaired a TUC investigation into repetitive strain injury, and he also represented the TUC to the European Economic and Social Committee.[1]
Pickering devoted much of his spare time to supporting the
References
- ^ a b c d Keith Harper, "Dick Pickering: International union man", The Guardian, 12 October 1996
- ^ a b Trades Union Congress, "Obituary: Dick Pickering", Annual Report of the 1996 Trades Union Congress
- ^ a b Peter Hetherington, "Union leader quits over policy clash", The Guardian, 25 March 1987
- ^ David Gow, "AEU chief urges unions to work with ministers," The Guardian, 25 March 1987