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Margaret Theresa Prosser, Baroness Prosser, (born 22 August 1937) is a
Margaret Theresa Prosser, Baroness Prosser, (born 22 August 1937) is a Labour
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life peer and former trade unionist.
Prosser was born on 22 August 1937 in Tooting
Tooting is a district in South London, forming part of the London Borough of Wandsworth and partly in the London Borough of Merton. It is located south south-west of Charing Cross.
History
Tooting has been settled since pre- Saxon times ...
, London
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, the daughter of Frederick James and Lillian (née Barry) Prosser.
She was educated at St Boniface Primary School, Tooting and St Philomena's School, Carshalton. She studied as a mature student at North East London Polytechnic
, mottoeng = Knowledge and the fulfilment of vows
, established = 1898 – West Ham Technical Institute1952 – West Ham College of Technology1970 – North East London Polytechnic1989 – Polytechnic of East London ...
, qualifying with a Post-graduate Diploma in Advice and Information Studies in 1977.
Prosser became active in the Labour party and the trades union movement in the early 1970s, rising through the ranks of the Transport and General Workers' Union
The Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU or T&G) was one of the largest general trade unions in the United Kingdom and Ireland – where it was known as the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union (ATGWU) to differentiate its ...
(T&G) to become Deputy General Secretary in 1998. She was President of the Trades Union Congress in 1996.
She was a member of the Equal Opportunities Commission 1985–92 and the Low Pay Commission
The Low Pay Commission (LPC) is an independent body in the United Kingdom, established in 1997, that advises the government on the National Minimum Wage. It is an advisory non-departmental public body of the Department for Business, Energy and I ...
2000–05. She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1997 Birthday Honours
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. From 1996 to 2001 she was Treasurer of the Labour Party.
From 2002 to 2006 she was Chair of the Women's National Commission.
On 11 June 2004, she was created Baroness Prosser, of Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth. From 1 November 2004 to 31 October 2010 she was a Non-Executive Director of Royal Mail plc.
From 2006 to 2012 she served as Deputy Chair of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is a non-departmental public body in Great Britain, established by the Equality Act 2006 with effect from 1 October 2007. The Commission has responsibility for the promotion and enforcement of eq ...
. In 2012 she published her autobiography ''Your Seat is at the End'', written with Greg Watts and with a foreword by Tony Blair
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. As of 2019, Prosser is a Chair of The Board of Trustees of the Industry and Parliament Trust
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, which works to promote an understanding of business amongst parliamentarians and policymakers.
She is a director of Progress Limited, a political think-tank and registered charity.
In 2020 she brought a House of Lords private member’s bill for equal pay in the workplace, supported by The Fawcett Society.
References
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