George Smith
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Who is George Smith?
George Smith 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. 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.
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