Alec_Smith_(trade_unionist)

Alec Smith (trade unionist)

Alec Smith (trade unionist)

British trade unionist (1930–2021)

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

  1. [1]
    "Legislation". Official Journal of the European Communities Legislation. 33. 1990.
  2. [2]
    Clothing Institute Journal, vol.24–25, p.40
  3. [3]
    Report from Affiliated Organisations: International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation World Congress (1979), p.210
  4. [4]
    "General Council Report 2021: Obituaries". Trades Union Congress. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  5. [5]
    Anne J. Kershen, Uniting the Tailors, p.xiv
  6. [6]
    Phoenix: The Journal of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, No.18–23, p.82
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