Margaret Prosser, Baroness Prosser
Margaret Theresa Prosser, Baroness Prosser, OBE (born 22 August 1937) is a Labour life peer.
Prosser was born on 22 August 1937 in Tooting, London,[1] the daughter of Frederick James and Lillian (née Barry) Prosser.[2]
She was educated at St Boniface Primary School, Tooting and St Philomena's School, Carshalton.[3] She studied as a mature student at North East London Polytechnic, qualifying with a Post-graduate Diploma in Advice and Information Studies in 1977.[citation needed]
Prosser became active in the Labour party and the trades union movement in the early 1970s, rising through the ranks of the Transport and General Workers' Union (T&G) to become Deputy General Secretary in 1998.[4] She was President of the Trades Union Congress in 1996.
She was a member of the Equal Opportunities Commission 1985-92 and the Low Pay Commission 2000-05. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1997 Birthday Honours.[5] From 1996 to 2001 she was Treasurer of the Labour Party.[6] From 2002 to 2006 she was Chair of the Women's National Commission.[7][8]
On 11 June 2004, she was created Baroness Prosser, of Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth.[7][9] From 1 November 2004 to 31 October 2010 she was a Non-Executive Director of Royal Mail plc.[10][11]
From 2006-12 she served as Deputy Chair of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights.[7][12] In 2012 she published her autobiography Your Seat is at the End, written with Greg Watts and with a foreword by Tony Blair.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Transport and General Workers' Union/Papers of Margaret Prosser". Dserve Archive Catalog. Warwick University. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ PROSSER, Baroness. Who's Who (Dec 2013 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ a b Alexandra Rucki (22 September 2012). "Baroness Margaret Prosser of Battersea reflects on career in new book". Your Local Guardian. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ^ Helene Mulholland (7 September 2005). "The big payback". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ^ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 54794. p. 12. 14 June 1997.
- ^ "Baroness Prosser". Democracy Live. BBC. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ^ a b c "Baroness Prosser". parliament.uk. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
- ^ Georgina Fuller (20 March 2007). "Women and Work Commission chairman Baroness Prosser pleased at pace of progress on gender pay gap". Personnel Today. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ The London Gazette: no. 57328. p. 7561. 17 June 2004.
- ^ Terry Macalister (8 October 2004). "Crozier wins out in Royal Mail bust-up". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ "Baroness Margaret Prosser OBE". Businessweek. Bloomberg. Retrieved 10 May 2014.
- ^ "Baroness Margaret Prosser of Battersea OBE". Equality and Human Rights Commission. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
| Party political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Tom Burlison |
Treasurer of the Labour Party 1996–2001 |
Succeeded by Jimmy Elsby |
| Trade union offices | ||
| Preceded by Jack Adams |
Deputy General Secretary of the Transport and General Workers' Union 1998–2002 |
Succeeded by Tony Woodley |
| Preceded by Leif Mills |
President of the Trades Union Congress 1996 |
Succeeded by Tony Dubbins |
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