1. John Stephen Monks, Baron Monks was born on 5 August 1945 and is a Labour Co-operative member of the House of Lords and former trade unionist leader, who served as the General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress in the UK from 1993 until 2003.
John Monks served as the General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation from 2007 until 2011, having been made a Life peer in 2010.
John Monks studied Economic History at the University of Nottingham.
John Monks joined the TUC in 1969 and by 1977 was the head of the Organisation and Industrial Relations Department, and the Deputy General Secretary in 1987, leading to his election in 1993 as General Secretary.
John Monks was General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation, based in Brussels, between 2003 and 2011.
John Monks has sat on numerous other bodies, including Acas from 1979 until 1995.
John Monks was President of the British Airline Pilots Association.
John Monks was a non-executive director of Thompsons Solicitors between 2010 and 2019 and was a visiting professor at the University of Manchester.
John Monks has honorary degrees from the universities of Nottingham, Salford, Manchester, Cranfield, Cardiff, Southampton, Kingston and the Open University.
John Monks is a Fellow of the City and Guilds of London Institute.
John Monks took his seat in the House of Lords on 11 October 2010, having been created a life peer on 26 July 2010 as Baron Monks, of Blackley in the County of Greater Manchester.
John Monks was appointed a Chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur.