John K. Dutton (11 June 1909[1] – 21 April 1985) was a British trade union leader.
[2] In 1949, Dutton began working for the Association of Scientific Workers (AScW), and two years later he was appointed the union's deputy general secretary.
[3] Clive Jenkins was elected as secretary of the Association of Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians in 1960, and Dutton began negotiating a merger between the two unions.
This was completed in 1969, forming the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs, with Dutton and Jenkins as joint general secretaries.
[3] Dutton retired in 1970, but became general secretary of the World Federation of Scientific Workers (WFSW).