Garfield Davies, Baron Davies of Coity
David Garfield Davies, Baron Davies of Coity, CBE (born 24 June 1935[1]) is a Labour Co-operative peer in the House of Lords and a former trade union leader.
Davies left school at 15 and worked as an electrician, serving in the Royal Air Force 1956-58. In 1969 he became a full-time trade union official with USDAW and rose through the ranks, becoming General Secretary of the union in 1986.[2] He retired in 1997.[2]
Davies was named CBE in 1996[3] and created a life peer as Baron Davies of Coity, of Penybont in the County of Mid Glamorgan in 1997.[4]
References
- ^ "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 24 June 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
Lord Davies of Coity, General Secretary, Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers, 1986–97, 78
- ^ a b Dod, Charles Roger; Dod, Robert Phipps (2002). Dod's parliamentary companion, Volume 184. Dod's Parliamentary Companion Ltd. ISBN 0-905702-36-0.
- ^ "Honours for de Angeli and Chandler". The Grocer. 1996-01-06. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
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