Helen Frances McGrath OBE (7 April 1942 – 24 August 2001) was a Scottish trade unionist.
Born in Scotland, McGrath began her career working in administration in Edinburgh.
[1][2] McGrath was elected to the executive of the NUHKW in 1983, and was appointed as its district secretary for Hinckley and the south in 1987.
Two years later, she was elected as the union's general secretary, but in 1991, it merged into the National Union of Knitwear, Footwear and Apparel Trades (KFAT), and she became deputy general secretary of the new organisation.
[2] McGrath was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1998, and was appointed to the European Economic and Social Committee that year.