Harry Douglass

For those of a similar name, see Harry Douglas (disambiguation).

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.[3] On retirement he was created a life peer on 22 September 1967, taking the title Baron Douglass of Cleveland, of Cleveland in the County of York.[4][5][2]

  1. ^ a b Sir Harry Douglass, "Manpower Utilisation", British Automation Conference 1965, Discussion Group A2
  2. ^ a b Dod's Parliamentary Companion, Vol.146 (1978), p.92
  3. ^ Details of Past Congresses Archived 2013-10-04 at the Wayback Machine, Trades Union Congress
  4. ^ "No. 44414". The London Gazette. 22 September 1967. p. 10345.
  5. ^ "Life Peerages". Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2010.