Tom Jenkins (trade unionist)

Thomas Harris Jenkins CBE (1920–2012) was a Welsh trade union leader.

During World War II, he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps, then he returned to the docks until 1949, when he found work with the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association and moved to London.

In post, Jenkins served on numerous government, Labour Party and International Transport Workers' Federation committees.

He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1981, but retired the following year.

[1][3] In retirement, Jenkins served on Acas, the Central Arbitration Committee, the Police Complaints Board and the Employment Appeal Tribunal.