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Paddy Lillis is a
trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...
leader from
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.


Early life

Worked as a
heavy goods vehicle A large goods vehicle (LGV), or heavy goods vehicle (HGV), in the European Union (EU) is any lorry with a gross combination mass (GCM) of over . Sub-category N2 is used for vehicles between 3,500 kg and and N3 for all goods vehicles over ...
driver at Abbey Meat Packers in
Newtownabbey Newtownabbey ( ) is a large settlement north of Belfast city centre in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is separated from the rest of the city by Cavehill and Fortwilliam golf course, but it still forms part of the Belfast metropolitan area ...
in the early 1980s, when he joined the
Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers The Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) is a trade union in the United Kingdom, consisting of over 360,000 members. Usdaw members work in a variety of occupations and industries including: shopworkers, factory and warehouse wor ...
(USDAW). In 1989, he became a full-time area organiser for the union, then in 1999 was appointed as its divisional officer for South Wales and Western England. Elected deputy general secretary of Usdaw in 2004. He served on the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party and was
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in 2015/2016. Elected unopposed as general secretary of Usdaw in November 2017 and took up the position in July 2018.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lillis, Paddy Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Chairs of the Labour Party (UK) General secretaries of the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers British trade union leaders People from Newtownabbey Trade unionists from County Antrim