Gloria Mills
Gloria Mills CBE | |
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.jpg) Gloria Mills in 2024. | |
| President of the Trades Union Congress | |
| In office 2005–2006 | |
| Preceded by | Jeannie Drake |
| Succeeded by | Alison Shepherd |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Gloria Helenly Mills |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Alma mater | Open University |
| Profession | Trade unionist |
Gloria Helenly Mills
Education
Mills has a Master of Business Administration degree from the Open University, in addition to an honorary degree from Staffordshire University.[1]
Career
Mills worked in legal publishing, where she joined the
In 1993, NUPE merged with two other unions to form Unison, and Mills became its director of equal opportunities. Two years later, she was elected to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), also serving on its executive committee from 2000, chairing its race committee and sitting on its women's committee. She was elected as President of the Trades Union Congress from 2005 to 2006.[2]
Mills has been active with the European Trade Union Confederation, and was elected as president of its women's committee in 2015.[3]
Mills also served on the Commission for Racial Equality. She has been active in the Labour Party over many years and is a National Executive Member of BAME Labour.
Honours
Mills was made a
References
- ^ "Gloria Mills", Debrett's People of Today
- ^ a b Trades Union Congress, "Gloria Mills is the new TUC President"
- ^ Unison, "Gloria Mills elected as ETUC women's committee president", 25 October 2015
- ^ Operation Black Vote, "OBV Profile: Gloria Mills"