Fred Shaw (25 May 1881 – 22 January 1951) was a British socialist activist and trade unionist.
Born in Lindley, Shaw attended elementary school before working at the Wellington Mills as a blacksmiths' assistant.
He became the first British agent for Charles H. Kerr & Co.'s socialist books and gradually became a popular speaker.
[1] Shaw attended the 1920 Unity Convention that founded the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) and sat on its first executive.
By this point, he had been blacklisted by employers in his area and had various short-term jobs before he found regular work with the National Council of Labour Colleges.