John Daniel Daly (27 August 1930 – February 1999)[1] was a British trade union leader.
Born in Clerkenwell, London, Daly worked in the print industry and then studied at Ruskin College in Oxford.
From 1965 he served as a Trades Union Congress (TUC) education officer.
[2] When Geoffrey Drain, general secretary of NALGO, announced his intention to retire in 1983, Daly was the strong favourite to succeed him.
He only narrowly defeated John Ward of the First Division Association, the two both placing well ahead of Alan Jinkinson, Campbell Christie and Ernest Baxendale.