Frank Wolstencroft

Frank Wolstencroft CBE (23 December 1882 – 30 June 1952) was a British trade union leader.

Born in Royton in Lancashire, Wolstencroft entered work at an early age, then at the age of sixteen was apprenticed as a joiner. He joined the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners (ASC&J) in 1906 and was elected as its Royton branch secretary the following year. Soon, he was also serving as secretary of its Oldham district, and in 1914 he was elected to its national Executive Council. and then in 1926 he became General Secretary of its successor, the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers (ASW), elected by a huge majority. This was a period of rapid growth for the union, and Wolstencroft also worked to build international links; during World War II, he was a key founder of the Anglo-Soviet Trade Union Committee.