title: Alan Fisher (trade unionist)
text: # Alan Fisher (trade unionist)
  
  Alan Fisher (20 June 1922 – 20 March 1988) was a British trade unionist.
  
  Born in Birmingham, Fisher spent his entire working life at the National Union of Public Employees, serving as General Secretary from 1968 to 1982. This was a period of rapid growth for the union and included the Winter of Discontent. In 1981, he served as President of the Trades Union Congress.
  
  