John McKenzie (trade unionist)

John McKenzie (1885 – 1958) was a Scottish trade unionist.

McKenzie joined the National Union of Gasworkers and General Labourers, and from 1910 worked full-time for the union as a district organiser. In 1913, the union appointed him as its Scottish district secretary. He opposed the Red Clydeside movement, claiming that it was a conspiracy of craft unions, and that many people wished to work but were prevented from doing so by mass pickets.^[1]

McKenzie retained the position when the union became part of the new National Union of General and Municipal Workers, finally retiring in 1946.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Clegg, H. A. (1964). General Union in a Changing Society. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. pp. 92–93, 215.

Trade union offices
Preceded by New position	Scottish District Secretary of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers 1924–1946	Succeeded by William McGinniss

[clegg-1] Clegg, H. A. (1964). General Union in a Changing Society. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. pp. 92–93, 215.

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