Background
Born in Heywood in Lancashire, the son of William and Mary Brett was educated in Radcliffe Technical College, in Radcliffe, near Bury.
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William Brett
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He was previously the Labour Party"s spokesperson (when Labour entered opposition) for International Development. From 1958 to 1964, he worked for British Railways, from 1965 to 1967, he was administrative assistant for Transport Salaried Staffs Association, and from 1966 to 1968 North West organiser for National Union of Bank Employees. Between 1968 and 1974, Brett was divisional officer for the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs.
Foreign the Institution of Professionals, Managers and Specialists, he was Assistant General Secretary from 1980 to 1989 and General Secretary from 1989 to 1999.
Between 1992 and 2003, Brett was member, vice-chairman, chair of the worker group and chair of the Governing body of the International Labour Office (International Labor Organization) in Geneva. From 2004, he was director of the International Labor Organization in the United Kingdom and Ireland, although the International Labor Organization office in London has recently closed down.
On 20 July 1999, he was made a life peer with the title Baron Brett, of Lydd in the County of Kent. Brett married firstly Jean Valerie Cooper in 1961.
Lord Brett died on 29 March 2012 after a long illness.
Membership
Also from 1989 to 1999, he was a member of the executive committee for the Public Services International, and of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (Trades Union Congress). He was further a member of the Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff (Oracle Application Express) from 1960 to 1999.
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Political Party
Labour Party