Ken
Douglas
Ken
Douglas, ONZ (born 1934) is New Zealand's best known contemporary
trade union leader.
As President of the New Zealand Council
of Trade Unions until 1999 Douglas led the union movement in New
Zealand for over fifteen years. His union career started in the
Driver's Union. He was also leader of the Socialist Unity Party in
the 1970s and 1980s and stood for Parliament on occasion never
gaining more than 100 votes in the Porirua electorate.
Since
his retirement from the CTU Douglas has been active in local
politics as a Porirua City Councilor (1998-), Porirua Licensing
Trustee (2001-) and elected member of the Capital and Coast District
Health Board (2004-). Douglas has served on board of Air NZ, NZ
Post, NZ Trade and Enterprise, New Zealand Rugby Union[2] and
Healthcare NZ.
An acknowledged Marxist, Douglas has moved to
the right over the last two decades and currently sits on the New
Zealand Post and NZRU Boards. He is also chairperson of Positively
Wellington Business and a board member of the Asia NZ Foundation.
In 2006 a two hour documentary was shown on New Zealand's TV ONE
about Douglas's life, entitled "Ken Douglas, Traitor or Visionary".
Any contributions will be
gratefully accepted
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