Brendan Barber served as chair of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service Council until 2020.
11 Facts About Brendan Barber
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Brendan Barber is a former general secretary of the United Kingdom's Trades Union Congress ; a post he held from June 2003 until his retirement at the end of 2012.
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Brendan Barber was appointed Acas Chair in 2014, replacing Ed Sweeney, who had been in the post since 2007.
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Brendan Barber serves on the board of the Banking Standards Board, the Board of Transport for London, the board of Britain Stronger in Europe, the Council of City University, London and the board of Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.
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Brendan Barber spent a year as a researcher for the Ceramics, Glass and Mineral Products Industry Training Board based in Harrow.
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Brendan Barber became General Secretary of the TUC in June 2003.
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In 2007, Brendan Barber was given an Award of Doctor of Science honoris causa by City University London.
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Brendan Barber was knighted in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to employment relations.
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Brendan Barber was nominated for a life peerage by Prime Minister Keir Starmer in late 2024.
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Brendan Barber was created Baron Barber of Ainsdale, of Southport in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, on 20 January 2025, and was introduced to the House of Lords on 23 January.
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Brendan Barber met Mary Gray in the TUC International Dept, and they married.