Jeremy Dear
Jeremy Dear (born 6 December 1966)[1] is a British trade unionist.
Dear graduated from Coventry Polytechnic before completing a diploma in journalism at University College Cardiff. From 1989, he worked for the Essex Chronicle and the Big Issue, joining the National Union of Journalists (NUJ).[1] He led an eleven-month strike at the Chronicle against de-recognition of the NUJ.[2] Between 1994 and 1997, he was the editor of the Big Issue in the Midlands, then in 1997 became the National Organiser of the NUJ.[1]
In 2001, Dear was elected as the General Secretary of the NUJ,[1] its youngest ever leader, and only the second to serve two terms.[2] He also spent time as a member of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress.
As leader, Dear became known as a member of the "Awkward Squad" of left-wing trade unionists.[3] He is married to Paula Dear,[1] who is a journalist with the BBC. Jeremy Dear is a supporter of the Marxist newspaper Socialist Appeal. [citation needed]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c d e "Dear, Jeremy", Who's Who
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- ^ Francis Beckett, "Back and blooming", The Guardian, 29 October 2002
External links
[edit | edit source]- biography from NUJ
- Jeremy Dear's blog
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- 1966 births
- Living people
- Alumni of Cardiff University
- Alumni of Coventry University
- General secretaries of the National Union of Journalists
- Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress
- Presidents of the National Union of Journalists
- British male journalists
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