Jack Fleming Eccles CBE (9 February 1922 – January 2010)[1] was a British trade unionist.
Eccles was born in Heaton Moor and grew up in Chorlton, then studied at the University of Manchester.
Eccles also served as a Labour Party member of Manchester City Council.
[2] In 1973, Eccles joined the council of the Trades Union Congress, and in 1980, he was awarded the CBE.
[2] He served as President of the TUC in 1985,[3] during which time he opposed the UK miners strike.