Francis Joseph Lynch (15 March 1909[1] – 10 May 1980) was a British trade union leader and politician.
Lynch was active in the Labour Party from an early age, and served on the City of Salford council from 1934 until 1949.
[2] In 1937, he found work as a night patrolman and stoker at the County Mental Hospital in Prestwich, and joined the Hospital and Welfare Services Union.
[3] In 1946, this became part of the Confederation of Health Service Employees (COHSE), and Lynch became a full-time organiser for the new union.
[2] Lynch was elected as general secretary of COHSE in 1969, and set himself a target of doubling the union's membership of 69,000.