George Smith (trade unionist)

George Smith (died December 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. He was elected general secretary of the Woodworkers in 1959, and left the Communist Party soon after.^[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 1981.^[2] For much of his career, he was identified with the right-wing in the trade union movement.

References

1. ^ Stephen Milligan, The new barons: union power in the 1970s, p.150
2. ^ Wolodymyr Maksymiw et al, The British trade union directory, p.357