John Horsley Hose CBE (21 March 1928 – 11 September 2016) was a British trade union leader.
In 1943, he became an architect's assistant, then from 1946 to 1948 undertook National Service with the Royal Engineers.
[1] In 1978, Hose was elected as President of the NUAAW,[1] in which role he campaigned for a ban on the use of 2,4,5-T, a weedkiller which had been used as a component of Agent Orange.
[4] Hose became chairman of the TGWU's new Agricultural and Allied Workers' National Trade Group, serving for four years, after which he served on the union's General Executive Council for two years.
In 1987, Hose was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and he retired in 1989.