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词条 Harry Douglass
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Harry Douglass, Baron Douglass of Cleveland (1 January 1902 – 5 April 1978) was a British trade unionist.

Born in Middlesbrough, England, Douglass entered work at the age of 13, becoming a steel melter. He immediately joined the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, and became a member of its executive council in 1933. Two years later, he was appointed as a full-time organiser for the union, then rose to become Assistant General Secretary in 1945 and finally General Secretary in 1953,[1] serving until 1967. He was also President of the International Metal Workers' Federation.[2]

Douglass also chaired the British Productivity Council,[1] and served as the President of the Trades Union Congress in 1967.[2] On retirement, he was given a life peerage.[3][4]

References

1. ^Sir Harry Douglass, "Manpower Utilisation", British Automation Conference 1965, Discussion Group A2
2. ^Details of Past Congresses {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213855/http://www.tuc.org.uk/extras/Congresspresidents.pdf |date=2013-10-04 }}, Trades Union Congress
3. ^Life Peerages
4. ^Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Vol.146 (1978), p.92
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