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John Hannett
Usdaw General Secretary
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John Hannett is the General Secretary of the UK’s fourth biggest union, Usdaw. He was elected General Secretary of the 359,000 strong union in May 2004.
He was elected Deputy General Secretary in August 1997, with responsibility for recruitment and organising, prior to this he was a National Officer based at the Union's head office in Manchester.
John has been a member of the Labour Party for more than 20 years and served on the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Labour Party from 1998 to September 2005. He sat on the government commission on Women and Work which submitted its report in March 2006. He represents Usdaw on National Policy Forum and is assigned to the Education and Skills Commission.
He also sits on the TUC General Council and is a member of the Co-operative Action Group.
Under the union's Lifelong Learning agenda, John represents the interests of members on the TUC UnionLearn Board and is a Skills for Life advocate.
Mr Hannett, a 54 year-old father of two, has been a member of the union since he was 17 and was a shop steward and branch secretary at Guinness Exports in Liverpool, before becoming a full-time organiser in Manchester.
John Hannett biography correct at April 2008.
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