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Alexander Mitchell Donnet, Baron Donnet of Balgay (26 June 1916 – 14 May 1985) was a Scottish trade unionist. Donnet grew up in Dundee, where he attended the Harris Academy. He joined the National Union of General and Municipal Workers in 1935 and, in 1959, was appointed as the union's full-time regional officer for Scotland, and from 1970 until 1976 was also the union's national chairman.

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  • Alexander Mitchell Donnet, Baron Donnet of Balgay CBE (* 6. Juni 1916; † 14. Mai 1985) war ein britischer Gewerkschaftsfunktionär, der zwischen 1970 und 1976 Vorsitzender der Gewerkschaft der Allgemeinen und Kommunalarbeiter (National Union of General and Municipal Workers) war und 1978 als Life Peer aufgrund des Life Peerages Act 1958 Mitglied des House of Lords wurde. (de)
  • Alexander Mitchell Donnet, Baron Donnet of Balgay (26 June 1916 – 14 May 1985) was a Scottish trade unionist. Donnet grew up in Dundee, where he attended the Harris Academy. He joined the National Union of General and Municipal Workers in 1935 and, in 1959, was appointed as the union's full-time regional officer for Scotland, and from 1970 until 1976 was also the union's national chairman. Donnet became active in the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC), and was elected as its president for 1970/71. In 1972, he was for the first time elected to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), serving for four years. He also served on the , , Forestry Commission, Price Commission and Scottish Transport Group. In 1978, Donnet retired from his trade union posts and received a life peerage being created Baron Donnet of Balgay, of Balgay in the District of the City of Dundee on 19 May 1978. He spent two years chairing the Scottish Transport Group, and also took up a place on the Scottish Development Agency. He fully retired in 1982, and died three years later. (en)
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  • Charles Smith (en)
  • John A. Matheson (en)
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  • President of the Scottish Trades Union Congress (en)
  • Chair of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers (en)
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  • Alexander Mitchell Donnet, Baron Donnet of Balgay CBE (* 6. Juni 1916; † 14. Mai 1985) war ein britischer Gewerkschaftsfunktionär, der zwischen 1970 und 1976 Vorsitzender der Gewerkschaft der Allgemeinen und Kommunalarbeiter (National Union of General and Municipal Workers) war und 1978 als Life Peer aufgrund des Life Peerages Act 1958 Mitglied des House of Lords wurde. (de)
  • Alexander Mitchell Donnet, Baron Donnet of Balgay (26 June 1916 – 14 May 1985) was a Scottish trade unionist. Donnet grew up in Dundee, where he attended the Harris Academy. He joined the National Union of General and Municipal Workers in 1935 and, in 1959, was appointed as the union's full-time regional officer for Scotland, and from 1970 until 1976 was also the union's national chairman. (en)
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  • Alexander Donnet, Baron Donnet of Balgay (de)
  • Alexander Mitchell Donnet (en)
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