Harry Krantz

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Harry David Krantz

Krantz, whose political views were formed during the Great Depression, became secretary of the Federated Clerks' Union's South Australian branch in 1941, when aged only twenty-one, after the previous incumbent was killed in a bicycle accident. The branch at this time was almost moribund, with only around twenty members. Krantz became known for his advocacy for the union before the Industrial Court and the Industrial Commission, and shortly after his election as secretary the union established the award rate for clerks.^[1]

Krantz joined the

After his return from the war, Krantz was associated with the left of the union movement, being ardently opposed to B. A. Santamaria and the "groupers". He retired from the union in 1984, by which time it had more than 6,000 members.^[1]

Krantz was also President of the Industrial Relations Society of South Australia (1972–73), chairman of the Remuneration Tribunal, chairman of the South Australian Trotting Control Board, and a board member of the State Government Insurance Commission and the Workers Educational Association. He was awarded the