Background
WILLIS, Norman was born in 1933 in Ashford, Middlesex, England.
WILLIS, Norman was born in 1933 in Ashford, Middlesex, England.
Oxford, trade union scholarship, economist.
National Secretary, Transport and General Workers' Union. Deputy General Secretary, Trades Union Congress, General Secretary, since 1984. President, European Trades Union Congress.
Vice President, International Confederation of FreeTrades Unions. Member, Standing Committee for the Social Dialogue, European Community.
National Economic Development Council. Vice President, Institute of Manpower Services. Council Member. Overseas Development Institute.
United Kingdom Executive Board, UNICEF. Vice Chairman, Southern Africa Coalition. Trade Union Advisory Committee to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Clubs: Vice Chairman, National Poetry Society. Honorary Member, Writers' Guild. Patron, Docklands Sinfonietta.