paddy, lillis, trade, union, leader, from, northern, ireland, early, life, editworked, heavy, goods, vehicle, driver, abbey, meat, packers, newtownabbey, early, 1980s, when, joined, union, shop, distributive, allied, workers, usdaw, 1989, became, full, time, a. Paddy Lillis is a trade union leader from Northern Ireland Early life editWorked as a heavy goods vehicle driver at Abbey Meat Packers in Newtownabbey in the early 1980s when he joined the Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workers 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 1 2 Elected deputy general secretary of Usdaw in 2004 He served on the National Executive Committee of the Labour Party and was Chair of the Labour Party in 2015 2016 1 2 Elected unopposed as general secretary of Usdaw in November 2017 and took up the position in July 2018 3 References edit a b Wells Liz 14 November 2017 Usdaw elects new leader Talking Retail Independent Retail News Retrieved 21 February 2018 a b Lezard Tim 13 November 2017 Paddy Lillis elected unopposed as new Usdaw general secretary Union News Retrieved 21 February 2018 USDAW All change at Usdaw as Paddy Lillis heads up a new leadership team Trade union officesPreceded byJohn Hannett Deputy General Secretary of the Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workers2004 2018 Succeeded byDave McCrossenPreceded byJohn Hannett General Secretary of the Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workers2018 present Succeeded byIncumbentParty political officesPreceded byJim Kennedy Chair of the Labour Party2015 2016 Succeeded byGlenis Willmott Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Paddy Lillis amp oldid 1163873743, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
