John Hill (trade unionist)

John Hill (30 July 1863 – 16 January 1945) was a British trade union leader.

Born in Govan, he worked in the Glasgow shipyards from the age of twelve, later taking an apprenticeship as a plater.

He became active in the United Society of Boilermakers and Iron and Steel Shipbuilders, being its Clyde delegate from 1901 to 1909, while also serving on his parish council for the Independent Labour Party.

He stood for the Labour Party, again unsuccessfully, in the 1907 Liverpool Kirkdale by-election.

[1] Hill remained General Secretary until 1936, but struggled to maintain the union's bargaining power in the face of the Great Depression.