Alec Smith (trade unionist)
Alec Smith is a former British trade unionist.
Smith studied with the Clothing Institute in 1958, before becoming prominent in the National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers (NUTGW).[1] By the mid-1970s, he was Assistant Secretary of the union, and he was elected as General Secretary of the NUTGW in 1979.[2]
In 1991, Smith led the union into a merger with the GMB Union,[3] He then became National Officer of the GMB, and served a term as President of the Trades Union Congress.[4]
References
- ↑ Clothing Institute Journal, vol.24-25, p.40
- ↑ Report from Affiliated Organisations: International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers' Federation World Congress (1979), p.210
- ↑ Anne J. Kershen, Uniting the Tailors, p.xiv
- ↑ Phoenix: The Journal of the Iron and Steel Trades Confederation, No.18-23, p.82
| Trade union offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Jack Macgougan |
General Secretary of the National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers 1979–1991 |
Succeeded by Position abolished |
| Preceded by Jack Macgougan |
Clothing Group representative on the General Council of the TUC 1979 – 1982 |
Succeeded by Council reorganised |
| Preceded by Fred Jarvis |
Trades Union Congress representative to the AFL-CIO 1989 |
Succeeded by Ada Maddocks |
| Preceded by Ada Maddocks |
President of the Trades Union Congress 1991 |
Succeeded by Rodney Bickerstaffe |
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