George Middleton (trade unionist)

George Walker Middleton CBE (4 April 1898 – 8 August 1971) was a Scottish trade union leader.

Middleton grew up in Glasgow and attended Keppochhill School before becoming active in the National Union of Distributive and Allied Workers.^[1] He joined the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), becoming the party's Glasgow District Organiser,^[2] and stood unsuccessfully in Glasgow St Rollox at the 1929 general election. That year, he was a key leader of the Glasgow Hunger March.^[3]

Middleton served as secretary of the Glasgow Trades Council from 1942 until 1949,^[3] then in 1949 was elected as General Secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC), serving until 1963. In retirement, he chaired the Herring Industry Board and served as vice-chair of the Economic Planning Council for Scotland.^[1]

In 1953, Middleton was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "MIDDLETON, George Walker", Who Was Who
^ Nigel West, Mask: MI5's Penetration of the Communist Party of Great Britain, p.10
^ ^a ^b Ian MacDougall, Voices from Work and Home, p.509

Trade union offices
Preceded by Arthur Brady	Secretary of the Glasgow Trades and Labour Council 1942 – 1949	Succeeded by J. C. Hill
Preceded by Charles Murdoch	General Secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress 1949 – 1963	Succeeded by James Jack

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