Isaac Mitchell (trade unionist)

Isaac Haig Mitchell (26 June 1867 – 15 March 1952) was the first general secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU), when it was founded in 1899, a post he held until 1907 when he took up a position with the Board of Trade of the British Government.

Isaac Haig Mitchell was born on June 26, 1867, in Roxburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland, the son of Isabella and Alexander. He had one daughter with Margaret Mitchell. He then married Avis Chatterley Baird in 1927, and died on 15 March 1952, in London, England, at the age of 84.

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