Tony Cooper (trade unionist)

Derek Anthony Cooper (born 11 December 1943), known as Tony Cooper, is a former British trade union leader.

Early life

Cooper was educated at Whitehaven Grammar School and the University of Edinburgh.^[1]

Career

He worked for the

Institution of Professional Civil Servants (IPCS). Three years later, he became an assistant secretary of the union, then Assistant General Secretary in 1982, and Deputy General Secretary in 1987.^[1]

In 1991, Cooper was elected as General Secretary of the rival Engineers' and Managers' Association. However, he remained keen to build links between it and the IPMS, leading in 2001 to the two unions merging to form Prospect, of which Cooper served as Joint General Secretary for the first year. He also served on the General Council of the Trades Union Congress from 1997 to 2000.^[1]

Cooper served on a large number of committees, including the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Postal Services Commission and the Forestry Commission, the Government Energy Advisory Panel, and the European Union Energy Consultative, Strategy and Investment Committees. He retired from the last of his posts in 2015.^[1]

Personal life

Cooper's daughter, Yvette Cooper, is a Labour Party Member of Parliament and former Cabinet minister.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Cooper, (Derek) Anthony", Who's Who
^ Rosa Prince, "Yvette Cooper: the Labour leadership contender who is all about the family", The Telegraph, 17 June 2015

Trade union offices
Preceded by John Lyons	General Secretary of the Engineers' and Managers' Association 1991 – 2001	Succeeded by Position abolished
Preceded by New position	General Secretary of Prospect 2001 – 2002 With: Paul Noon	Succeeded by Paul Noon

[whoswho-1] "Cooper, (Derek) Anthony", Who's Who

[2] Rosa Prince, "Yvette Cooper: the Labour leadership contender who is all about the family", The Telegraph, 17 June 2015

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