Robert Crompton Handley (1881 – 4 February 1940) was a British politician and trade unionist.
Born in Bolton, Handley began working in a cotton mill as a half-timer at the age of ten.
[1][2] Handley was also active in the Labour Party, and was elected to Preston Borough Council in 1923.
[2] In 1936, he was elected as vice-chairman of the Amalgamated Association of Operative Cotton Spinners, and in 1938 he was also elected to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress.
[3] Handley was also active internationally, attending the conferences of the International Labour Organization, at which he was particularly well known for his campaign for a maximum forty-hour working week.