Bill Morris

Sir Bill Morris - is a former trades union chief. As head of the T&G (The Transport & General Workers Union) - a role he retired from in October 2003, Sir Bill was thought to have been Britain's most powerful Black political player.
He arrived in Britain in 1954 to live with his mother in Handsworth Birmingham. He worked at an engineering firm and studied at Handsworth's Technical College.
He joined the union in 1958 and became shop steward at Hardy Spicers - the firm he'd joined as youngster - in 1963.
In 1991, he was elected General Secretary of the T&G and became the first Black General Secretary of a trade union and arguably one of the most influential black people in Britain.
He campaigned vigorously for a minimum wage and has at times been an outspoken thorn in the side of the New Labour Government.
Sir Bill before retiring from his Union role rubbished suggestions that he was to be appointed 'governor general' of Jamaica saying: "I'm not going anywhere yet."
Knighted in the 2003 Queens birthday honours, Sir Bill in 2004 helmed an inquiry looking into professional standards and employment issues within London's Metropolitan Police Service. 
Among it's many findings it was revealed that less than half of those interviewed who worked within the service thought that "it treats people equally regardless of their ethnicity."