Jimmy Knapp, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jimmy Knapp

British trade unionist

Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1940

Place of Birth: Hurlford, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 13-Aug-2001

Profession: trade unionist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra

James Knapp (29 September 1940 – 13 August 2001) was a British trades unionist.
He was successively General Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen (NUR) from 1983, and then of the merged National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) from 1990 to his death in 2001.
He served on the executive board of the International Transport Workers' Federation from 1983 to 2001, the General Council of the Trades Union Congress from 1983 to 2001, and was President of the Trades Union Congress in 1994.