Kate Losinska

Kathleen Mary Losinska, OBE (née Conway; 5 October 1922 – 16 October 2013) was a leading conservative trade unionist in Britain, involved in the Civil and Public Services Association and associated with Sir David Stirling.

[1] Conway entered the civil service at age 17 in the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys,[1] later marrying a Polish air ace, Stanisław Losinski in 1942, which informed her opposition to communism.

In 1975 she was elected President of the Civil and Public Services Association (CPSA) for the first time, beating her nearest rival by 10,000 votes, although she was deposed the following year.

As chair of the Solidarnosc Foundation, she clashed with Arthur Scargill over his criticisms of Polish trade union Solidarność, and was later appointed Knight Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

She chaired the Trade Union Committee for European and Transatlantic Understanding, a body funded by NATO and the US Congress.