John McKenzie (trade unionist)

John McKenzie (1885 – 1958) was a Scottish trade unionist.

McKenzie joined the National Union of Gasworkers and General Labourers and from 1910, he worked full-time for the union as a district organiser. In 1913, the union appointed him as its Scottish district secretary. He opposed the Red Clydeside movement, claiming that it was a conspiracy of craft unions, and that many people wished to work, but were prevented from doing so by mass pickets.^[1]

McKenzie retained the position when the union became part of the new National Union of General and Municipal Workers. He retired in 1946.^[1]