Jeannie Drake, Baroness Drake, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jeannie Drake, Baroness Drake

British trade unionist and life peer

Date of Birth: 16-Jan-1948

Place of Birth: United Kingdom

Profession: politician, life peer, trade unionist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Jeannie Drake, Baroness Drake, CBE (born 16 January 1948) is a British trade unionist and Labour life peer in the House of Lords.After attending university, Drake worked as a research officer at the National Union of Public Employees, before moving to the Civil and Public Services Association in 1976.
She was a Deputy General Secretary of the National Communications Union and, following a merger in 1995, she held the same position in the Communication Workers Union until 2008.
During her tenure, she was President of the Trades Union Congress in 2005.Drake serves as a trustee of the O2 and Alliance & Leicester pension funds and has been a board member of the Pension Protection Fund since 2004, as well as other bodies in the pension sector.
She has also served as a member of the Employment Appeal Tribunal. She was a commissioner of the Equality and Human Rights Commission from 2006-9.

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