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Ken Morgan (trade unionist)

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61:(NUJ), and in 1962 began working full-time for the union as its Central London Secretary. In 1966, he became the union's National Organiser, then in 1970 he was elected as General Secretary. 73: 282: 99:
described him as "the pragmatist’s pragmatist. He could always find a way between two opposing points of view and was the master of solving apparently intractable problems."
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from 1984 to 1999. From the mid-1990s until the mid-2000s, he advised numerous media bodies worldwide. After his death,
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Morgan was demobbed in 1949 and returned to journalism, meeting his future wife Margaret Wilson, who worked for the rival
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Alongside leading the union, Morgan served on numerous bodies, including the committees of the
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in 1946. He was commissioned the following year, joining the
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General secretaries of the National Union of Journalists
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British
Stockport
Stockport Grammar School
Stockport Express
British Army
Middle East Land Forces
Stockport Advertiser
National Union of Journalists
Printing and Kindred Trades Federation
National Federation of Professional Workers
Federation of Broadcasting Unions
Confederation of Entertainment Unions
International Federation of Journalists
Press Council
Reuters
Roy Greenslade




doi
10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U28070


"Ken Morgan: great journalist and principled trade union leader"
"Ken Morgan, former NUJ general secretary and UK Press Council director, dies aged 86"
"Ken Morgan, the NUJ leader who was the pragmatist's pragmatist"
Jim Bradley
National Union of Journalists
Ken Ashton

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