NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY 18 DECEMBER 2002
NEW TUC GENERAL SECRETARY
Welcoming the appointment of Brendan Barber as new TUC General Secretary, STUC General Secretary, Bill Speirs, said:
"My new counterpart in London is someone the STUC has worked very closely with in the past, and I am really looking forward to us working together in the future in the interests of working people. Brendan has, in the shape of John Monks, a hard act to follow: I know, from our past working relationship, that he will fill the post brilliantly."
Bill Speirs General Secretary




