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[[File:John gallagher ray collins.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Ray Collins (right) with [[John Gallagher]], mayor of Ealing, at a CHE meeting, 8 October 2011]]'''Ray Collins''', Baron Collins of Highbury, born ca. 1955, is a British trade unionist and Labour politician.
[[File:John gallagher ray collins.jpg|thumb|right|Ray Collins (right) with [[John Gallagher]], Mayor of Ealing, at a [[CHE]] meeting, 8 October 2011]]'''Ray Collins''', Baron Collins of Highbury, born ca. 1955, is a British trade unionist and Labour politician.


Ray Collins held leading positions in the Transport and General Workers Union from 1984 to 1998, and helped to steer the TGWU into a merger with the Amicus union to create Unite.
Ray Collins held leading positions in the Transport and General Workers Union from 1984 to 1998, and helped to steer the TGWU into a merger with the Amicus union to create Unite.


He was General Secretary of the Labour party from 2008 to 2011. He became a life peer in 2011, and was later appointed a Labour whip in the House of Lords.
He was General Secretary of the [[Labour Party]] from 2008 to 2011. He became a life peer in 2011, and was later appointed a Labour whip in the House of Lords.


He was listed number 22 in the Pride Power List 2011.
He was listed number 22 in the [[Pride Power List 2011]].


[[Category:Pride Power List 2011]]
[[Category:50 most powerful 2007|27]]
[[Category:50 most powerful 2009|08]]
[[Category:Pride Power List 2011|22]]
[[Category:Pink List 2010|73]]
[[Category:Labour politicians]]
[[Category:Peers]]
[[Category:1955 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]

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Ray Collins (right) with John Gallagher, Mayor of Ealing, at a CHE meeting, 8 October 2011

Ray Collins, Baron Collins of Highbury, born ca. 1955, is a British trade unionist and Labour politician.

Ray Collins held leading positions in the Transport and General Workers Union from 1984 to 1998, and helped to steer the TGWU into a merger with the Amicus union to create Unite.

He was General Secretary of the Labour Party from 2008 to 2011. He became a life peer in 2011, and was later appointed a Labour whip in the House of Lords.

He was listed number 22 in the Pride Power List 2011.

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