My husband Mike Jackson, who has died aged 73 following a long illness, had a distinguished career as a full-time official of the public sector union Nupe, and later of Unison. He was also active as a councillor in Watford.
From 2004 he was Unison’s deputy head of health, in which capacity he acted as the lead negotiator for NHS pay talks. He was involved in annual rounds of negotiations on pay and conditions, including those that led to Agenda for Change, the pay and grading structure for NHS staff, which remains in place today.
