John C. Hendry
John C. Hendry (died 25 May 1938) was a Scottish trade union leader. He was born in Brechin and worked in local textile mills. He was known for his debating and writing, and he also worked as a newspaper correspondent.
Hendry helped start the Brechin Mill and Factory Operatives' Union and soon became its general secretary. He served on the Parliamentary Committee of the Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) for many years, and led it from 1908 to 1921. He was STUC president in 1910.
He was secretary of the Scottish Council of Textile Trade Unions and represented it on the council of the National Association of Unions in the Textile Trade. When the Brechin union merged into the National Union of Textile Workers (NUTW), he became secretary of its Brechin branch.
He remained a prominent trade unionist, and in 1937 the government named him as a representative to a textile industry conference in Washington, D.C. Hendry died in 1938 while attending the annual conference of the National Union of Dyers, Bleachers and Textile Workers, the successor to the NUTW.
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