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About Albert Spanswick
- Ernest Albert George Spanswick (2 October 1919 – 27 April 1983) was a British trade unionist. Born in Parkstone, Spanswick served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II.
- After the war, he qualified as a State Registered Nurse and a Registered Mental Nurse.
- He also joined the Confederation of Health Service Employees (COHSE).
- In 1959, he began working full-time for the union, as its Northern Regional Officer.
- Three years later, he was promoted to become National Officer, then became Assistant General Secretary in 1969.Spanswick was elected as General Secretary of COHSE, taking over in 1974.
- In 1977, he was elected to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), and also became chair of its Health Services Committee.
- Associated with the right wing of the trade union movement, he was known as a poor public speaker who often made gaffes, but became a prominent public figure during a year-long pay dispute.Spanswick was due to retire in October 1983, but he died suddenly in April.
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