Kevin Barry Curran (born 20 August 1954) is a British former trade unionist.
Curran left school and worked as a welder, installing boilers at power stations. Concerned about asbestos at Thurrock Power Station, he became a shop steward in his trade union, organising a walkout which won better working conditions there. He studied at the London School of Economics on a union bursary from 1979 but, on completing his studies, was unable to find work in the industry, believing himself to have been blacklisted for his union activities.[1]
Curran found work running a training scheme for welders, and continued his activity in what became the GMB. He began working-full time for the union as a regional health and safety officer in 1988,[1] and was promoted to regional organiser in 1990. He later became a regional industrial organiser, then regional secretary for the north, before being elected as general secretary in 2003.[2] He defeated Paul Kenny in the election, but was accused of breaking the union's campaign rules.[3] He denied the allegations, but was suspended from office in 2005 as the investigation continued, and opted to resign from the post.[4]
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