Charles Murdoch

For the English banker and politician, see Charles Townshend Murdoch.

Charles Murdoch (1902 – 1962) was a Scottish trade union leader.

Born in Glasgow, Murdoch completed an apprenticeship as a baker and became active in the Scottish Union of Bakers. In 1926, he was appointed as the union's Glasgow organiser, then later as its national organiser, and in 1942 as its general secretary.[1]

In 1936, Murdoch was elected to the council of the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC), and in 1941/42, he served as its chairman.[2] In 1946, he was elected to Glasgow City Council for the Labour Party, and William Elger, secretary of the STUC died. Murdoch was elected as his replacement, beating George Middleton and David Currie.[1] However, he resigned in 1948 to take a full-time job as a member of the Scottish Gas Board, later becoming its personnel manager, a role in which he served until his death in 1962.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "New Secretary of Scots TUC", Glasgow Herald, 28 January 1947
  2. 1 2 Ian MacDougall, Voices from Work and Home, p.512
Trade union offices
Preceded by
J. Watson		 President of the Scottish Trades Union Congress
1941 – 1942 		Succeeded by
Peter Henderson
Preceded by
William Elger		 General Secretary of the Scottish Trades Union Congress
1947 – 1948 		Succeeded by
George Middleton
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