Mr Tony Burke, Unite Assistant General Secretary and TUC Executive Committee/General Council member

Tony is an Assistant General Secretary at Unite responsible for manufacturing. A trade unionist for over 45 years, Tony was previously the Deputy General Secretary of the print union GPMU. He is a member of the General Council and Executive Committee of the TUC, a member of the Labour Party NPF and represents the TUC on the board. Of the sector skills council Cogent and represents Unite within international union federations.

He is chair of the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom and a member of the Board of the Peoples Press Printing Society and is the Trade Union co-ordinator for the Morning Star newspaper.