Bill Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth
William Manuel Morris, Baron Morris of Handsworth, OJ, DL , generally known as Bill Morris, is a former British trade union leader. He was General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers Union from 1992 to 2003, and the first black leader of a major British trade union.
Bill Morris was born in Manchester Parish, Jamaica. After the death of his father, William, a parttime policeman, his mother, Una, emigrated to England to find work settling in Handsworth, Birmingham. Morris joined her in the UK in 1954, finding work at a local car parts manufacturer, Hardy Spicer Engineering Ltd. Morris married Minetta in 1957. She died in 1990. They have two sons.
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