George Green (trade unionist)

[2][3] In the 1940s, Green the leading figure in the Socialist Vanguard Group, an organisation linked with the Internationaler Sozialistischer Kampfbund, and also with the Society for the Furtherance of Critical Philosophy of Leonard Nelson.[4][5][6] By the late 1940s, the Vanguard Group was best known for its anti-communism, and it was influential on the right-wing of the Labour Party, publishing Socialist Commentary.[4] Green served for some years as the deputy general secretary of the Civil Service Clerical Association (CSCA).In 1955, the union's general secretary, Len White, died suddenly, and Green was appointed as his successor.At the 1962 union conference, he claimed that the government's economic policy created special circumstances which required him to remain as leader.
Britishtrade unionLondon Borough of CamdenSocialist Vanguard GroupInternationaler Sozialistischer KampfbundLeonard Nelsonanti-communismLabour PartyCivil Service Clerical AssociationGeneral Council of the Trades Union CongressUniversity of WarwickThe GuardianLen WhiteDouglas HoughtonGeneral Council of the TUCRon SmithCyril Plant