Alec Smith (trade unionist)
Alexander Smith (6 February 1930[1] – July 2021) was a British trade unionist.
Smith studied with the Clothing Institute in 1958, before becoming prominent in the National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers (NUTGW).[2] In 1974, he was elected Assistant Secretary of the union, then in 1979, he was elected as General Secretary.[3][4]
In 1991, Smith led the union into a merger with the GMB Union.[5] He then became National Officer of the GMB, and served a term as President of the Trades Union Congress.[6] He died in 2021.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Legislation". Official Journal of the European Communities Legislation. 33. 1990.
- ^ Clothing Institute Journal, vol.24–25, p.40
- ^ Report from Affiliated Organisations: International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation World Congress (1979), p.210
- ^ a b "General Council Report 2021: Obituaries". Trades Union Congress. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ Anne J. Kershen, Uniting the Tailors, p.xiv
- ^ Phoenix: The Journal of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, No.18–23, p.82