Terence Anthony Casey (6 September 1920 – 18 March 1987) was a

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leader. Casey was educated at Holy Cross School in

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, then qualified as a teacher at Camden College.Casey, Terency Anthony
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, he served with the

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as a teacher. From 1946, he worked at state schools in London, and he joined the

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(NAS).

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, "Obituary: Terence Casey, CBE", ''Report of the 119th Annual Trades Union Congress'', p.349 In 1956, he became the headteacher at St Joseph's School in

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. He became increasingly active in the

(NAS), and negotiated for it to have a representative on the Burnham Committee from 1961, a role he held from then until his retirement. He also served as the union's president in 1962/63. In 1963, Casey was elected as general secretary of the NAS. In this role, he encouraged the formation of the

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and developed a close alliance between the two, before in 1975, he led a strongly contested merger of the two unions. He became general secretary of the new union, the

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(NASUWT). From 1978, he also served as vice president of the

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and treasurer of the European Teachers' Trade Union Committee. He had a poor working relationship with

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, his opposite number at the rival

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described Casey as "aggressively masculine" and believing that men had superior minds to women.

, ''Climbing the bookshelves'' Casey retired from his union posts in 1983, and served on committees including those of the Catholic Education Council and the Voluntary Sector Consultative Council. He was appointed CBE in the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Casey, Terry 1920 births 1987 deaths British Army personnel of World War II Commanders of the Order of the British Empire English trade unionists General Secretaries of NASUWT People from Ramsgate Royal Army Educational Corps soldiers