Norman Ellis (trade unionist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Norman Ellis (trade unionist)

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1943

Place of Birth: Southgate, England, United Kingdom

Profession: trade unionist

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Norman David Ellis (born 23 November 1943) is a former British trade union leader. Ellis attended Minchenden Grammar School in the Southgate area of London, then the University of Leeds.
He completed a BA and PhD at the University of Leeds before, in 1969, finding work as a research officer with the Department of Employment.
Two years later, he moved to Oxford, taking up the Leverhulme Fellowship in Industrial Relations at Nuffield College.In 1974, Ellis was appointed as the first full-time general secretary of the Association of First Division Civil Servants.
During his time as leader of the union, it affiliated to the Trades Union Congress for the first time.
He left after four years to become Senior Industrial Relations Officer with the British Medical Association (BMA), and in 1980 became the BMA's under secretary.
He served in this post for twenty years, writing a number of publications aimed at general practitioners.