George Smith (trade unionist)

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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

  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
Trade union offices
Preceded by General Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers
1959–1971 		Succeeded by
Position abolished
Preceded by Trades Union Congress representative to the AFL-CIO
1969
With: Sidney Greene 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
New position
 General Secretary of UCATT
1971–1978 		Succeeded by
Preceded by President of the Trades Union Congress
1972 		Succeeded by
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