Len McCluskey

Quick Facts

Full Name	Len McCluskey
Occupation	Trade Unionist
Date Of Birth	Jul 23, 1950(1950-07-23)
Age	74
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Liverpool
Horoscope	Cancer

Len McCluskey Biography

Len McCluskey is one of the most popular and richest Trade Unionist who was born on July 23, 1950 in Liverpool, United Kingdom. Leonard David McCluskey was born in Liverpool, Lancashire on 23 July 1950. He was his father was a painter and decorator who was the one for whom he was named as well as Peggy who inspired her political views her son. McCluskey failed the 11-plus exam however he passed the 13-plus which was designed for late developers. An orthodox Catholic student, he went to his school, the Cardinal Godfrey School, a grammar school situated in Anfield. After graduating with three A-levels and a diploma, he began his work life at Canada Dock. Canada Dock, part of the Port of Liverpool.

McCluskey was elected the Secretary-General for the T&GWU General Workers group in 1990. In the following year, he transferred to London to work at the national headquarters of the union.

In 2004, he became the T&GWU’s national organiser for the service industries. In 2007, he was appointed as the Assistant General Secretary for Industrial Strategy of the Unite the Union, a merger of the T&GWU and Amicus.

During the decade he became a close friend of Tony Mulhearn and Derek Hatton, then deputy leader of Liverpool City Council, and supported the Militant tendency. “I would never, ever deny that”, he told the Liverpool Echo in 2009 “but I never became a member”. He added: “In the end I decided that Militant was too sectarian from a political standpoint to be effective. But I believe that on the chief issues they were right”.

The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board (the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company since 1972) as the ship’s planner He drew maps to show the position of cargo in the hold to allow it to be recovered from the port of unloading. The company employed him over 11 years.

Len McCluskey Net Worth

Len McCluskey is one of the richest Trade Unionist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Len McCluskey 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Leonard David McCluskey (born 23 July 1950) is an British trade unionist from the UK. McCluskey is the General Secretary at Unite the Union, the largest affiliate and the biggest supporter of the Labour Party. As a young adult he worked for a few years within Liverpool Docks. Liverpool Docks for the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company prior to becoming a full-time official of The Transport and General Workers Union (T&GWU) in 1979.

McCluskey joined the Transportation and General Workers Union (T&GWU) in 1968. He was an official shop steward for the union in the year following. The union was active in organising the white collar employees at the Liverpool docks, a group of workers for whom there was a lack of a trade union. Following his membership in the Labour Party in 1970, the officer was appointed to the T&GWU in Merseyside in 1979. He was its campaign coordinator through the 1980s.

McCluskey was married to Ann for more than 20 years; the couple had a son. After moving to the T&GWU lead office in London, McCluskey had a child with Jennie Formby in 1991; both names are listed on the birth certificate. From 1994, McCluskey lived with Paula Lace, now Williams, with whom he had a daughter.

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Derek Simpson retired in December 2010, and Tony Woodley followed shortly after that, leaving McCluskey to take office as the General Secretary on 1 January 2011. In December 2010, McCluskey wrote in The Guardian that “there is no case for cuts at all”, the government’s “austerity frenzy” being “whipped up for explicitly ideological reasons” to complete “Thatcherism’s unfinished business by strangling the welfare state”.

Facts & Trivia

Len Ranked on the list of most popular Trade Unionist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Len McCluskey celebrates birthday on July 23 of every year.

In July 2013, there were allegations of vote rigging in the Falkirk constituency. A consultation over an all-women shortlist was abandoned over fears that not all members had been invited to participate. This was thought suspicious because Unite’s preferred candidate was Karie Murphy. Meanwhile, Unite had paid for scores of people to join the Labour Party in line with the union’s political strategy. Miliband called in the police to establish whether there had been criminal behaviour. The police investigation was dropped in July. Murphy dropped out as a potential candidate in September 2013, and the Labour Party investigation and report found that there had been no wrongdoing. Charges against Murphy and the CLP’s chairman Stevie Deans were dismissed.

Who is the head of Unite union?

Logotype of Unite
Founded2007
Members| 1.4 million (2020)
Key people| Sharon Graham (general secretary) Jackie Pollock (Ireland secretary)
Affiliations| TUC, ICTU, AfF, CSEU, Labour (UK), Labour (Ireland), The European Federation of Public Service Unions.

Where is Len McCluskey from?

Early life. Leonard David McCluskey was born in Liverpool, Lancashire on 23 July 1950, the son of a painter-decorator, after whom he was named, and Peggy, who politically inspired her son.

What is the largest UK union?

UNISON is the UK’s largest union, serving more than 1.3 million members.

Is Unite the biggest union?

Workers Uniting is the name of the new international union created by Unite – the biggest union in the UK and Republic of Ireland and the United Steelworkers (USW), North America’s largest private sector union.

How much does the general secretary of the TUC earn?

In 2020, Frances O’Grady, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress, received £167,229 in total remuneration. Her gross salary alone puts her in the top three per cent of earners across the UK.