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Alan Tuffin

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Alan Tuffin, CBE (born 2 August 1933) is a British former trade union leader.

Tuffin attended Eltham Secondary School, leaving at age 16 to work for the Post Office. He became active in the Union of Communication Workers, as its London Union Regional Official in 1957, then taking a full-time post as National Official in 1969, and becoming Deputy General Secretary ten years later. In 1982, he was elected as General Secretary of the union. He and his wife, Jean Elizabeth Tuffin, have beenb married since 1957; they have one son and one daughter.[1]

From 1982 until his retirement in 1993, Tuffin served on the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), winning election as President of the TUC (1992-93). In 1993, he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). In retirement, he has served on the Employment Appeal Tribunal, and as a director of Remploy.[1]

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Trade union offices
Preceded by General Secretary of the Union of Communication Workers
1982–1993
Succeeded by
Preceded by President of the Trades Union Congress
1992/3
Succeeded by
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