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]