page_title: Brendan Barber
hierarchical_section_title: Brendan Barber
caption_attribution_description: English: Brendan Barber, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress, speaking at the Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival and Rally 2012.
context_page_description: Sir Brendan Paul Barber is a British trade union official. He is chair of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service Council. He is a former general secretary of the United Kingdom's Trades Union Congress; a post he held from June 2003 until his retirement at the end of 2012. He was appointed Acas Chair in 2014, replacing Ed Sweeney, who had been in the post since 2007. He also serves on the board of the Banking Standards Board, the Board of Transport for London, the board of Britain Stronger in Europe, the Council of City University, London and the board of Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.
context_section_description: Sir Brendan Paul Barber (born 3 April 1951) is a British trade union official. He is chair of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) Council. He is a former general secretary of the United Kingdom's Trades Union Congress (TUC); a post he held from June 2003 until his retirement at the end of 2012. He was appointed Acas Chair in 2014, replacing Ed Sweeney, who had been in the post since 2007.  He also serves on the board of the Banking Standards Board (2015–), the Board of Transport for London (2013–), the board of Britain Stronger in Europe (2015–), the Council of City University, London and the board of Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts (2014–).
caption: Barber speaking at the Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival and Rally in 2012
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