George Smith (trade unionist)
George Smith (died November 1978) was a British trade unionist.
Born near Dundee, Smith worked as a carpenter and became active in the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers. He also joined the Communist Party of Great Britain in the early 1940s but left it in 1954. He was elected general secretary of the Woodworkers in 1959.[1] When the Woodworkers merged with other unions to form the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians, Smith became its first General Secretary, serving until his death in 1978.[2]
References
- ↑ Stephen Milligan, The new barons: union power in the 1970s, p.150
- ↑ Wolodymyr Maksymiw et al, The British trade union directory, p.357
| Trade union offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Jack McDermott |
General Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers 1959–1971 |
Succeeded by Position abolished |
| Preceded by Jack Cooper and Harry Nicholas |
Trades Union Congress representative to the AFL-CIO 1969 With: Sidney Greene |
Succeeded by Cyril Plant and Hugh Scanlon |
| Preceded by New position |
General Secretary of UCATT 1971–1978 |
Succeeded by Les Wood |
| Preceded by Jack Cooper |
President of the Trades Union Congress 1972 |
Succeeded by Joseph Crawford |
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