Norman Ellis (trade unionist)

Norman David Ellis (born 23 November 1943) is a former British trade union leader.

Ellis attended Minchenden Grammar School in the Southgate area of London, then the University of Leeds. He completed a masters degree and PhD at the University of Oxford before, in 1969, finding work as a research officer with the Department of Employment. Two years later, he returned to Oxford, taking up the Leverhulme Fellowship in Industrial Relations at Nuffield College.[1]

In 1974, Ellis was appointed as the first full-time general secretary of the Association of First Division Civil Servants.[1] During his time as leader of the union, it affiliated to the Trades Union Congress for the first time.[2] He left after four years to become Senior Industrial Relations Officer with the British Medical Association (BMA), and in 1980 became the BMA's under secretary. He served in this post for twenty years, writing a number of publications aimed at general practitioners.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ellis, Dr Norman David", Who's Who
  2. ↑ "FDA - FDA History". www.fda.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2009-09-15. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
Trade union offices
Preceded by
New position		 General Secretary of the First Division Association
1974–1978		 Succeeded by
John Ward
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