Doug McAvoy

Not to be confused with Doug McAvoy (footballer).

Doug McAvoy (2 January 1939 – 12 May 2019)^[1][2][3] was a British trade union leader. He was General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers from 1989 to 2004.

A teacher, McAvoy was secretary of Newcastle-upon-Tyne NUT and became a member of the National Executive of the Union in 1970. He was appointed Deputy General-Secretary designate in 1974, a post he held until 1989, when he became the first directly elected General Secretary.^[4]

References

1. "Doug Mcavoy". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
2. Speck, Dave (13 May 2019). "Tributes as former NUT leader Doug McAvoy dies aged 80". Tes.
3. "Doug McAvoy, leader of the National Union of Teachers whose term was marked by bitter rows with the hard Left – obituary". The Telegraph. 14 May 2019. (registration required)
4. 'Profile Doug McAvoy leaves top union role after 30 years', The Guardian 14 April 2004

External links

• Interview: Teachers' leader Doug McAvoy, BBC News, 22 April 2000
• 'McAvoy warns over union militants', BBC News, 23 June 1999
• 'Furious McAvoy walks out of NUT meeting', The Independent, 29 May 2004

Trade union offices
Preceded by Fred Jarvis	Deputy General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers 1974–1989	Succeeded by Mary Hufford
Preceded by Fred Jarvis	General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers 1989–2004	Succeeded by Steve Sinnott