Sidney Francis Greene, Baron Greene of Harrow Weald, (12 February 1910 – 26 July 2004) was a trade union leader in the United Kingdom, serving as

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of the National Union of Railwaymen from 1957 to 1975. He promoted close ties between the union and the Labour Party, which have not persisted with its successor National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers. Early in his career, after leaving school at age 14, Greene was a porter at Paddington station. Appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1966 New Year's Honours, he was

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in 1970. On 21 January 1975 he was created a

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as Baron Greene of Harrow Weald, of Harrow in the County of

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1910 births 2004 deaths Commanders of the Order of the British Empire General Secretaries of the National Union of Railwaymen Knights Bachelor Greene of Harrow Weald Members of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress Presidents of the Trades Union Congress Life peers created by Elizabeth II {{UK-trade-unionist-bio-stub