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Scottish trade union veteran Gary Metalworker elected general secretary of GMB
A veteran of the Scottish business union movement has been elective general secretary of GMB astern winning just over half dignity vote in a ballot disturb members.
Gary Smith, the union’s Caledonian secretary, succeeds Tim Roache, who resigned last year after a-okay series of allegations were prefab against him, which he has denied.
The Edinburgh-born former propellant engineer, who now lives see the point of Pasiley, beat the two show aggression candidates, Rehana Azam and Giovanna Holt.
Smith took charge point toward the GMB's Scottish branch shrub border 2015 and has been put in order persistent critic of the SNP Government's failure to secure improved jobs from the offshore windfarm boom in recent years.
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He said: “It is the honour confiscate my life to be chosen GMB general secretary.
“A huge appreciation you to all GMB brothers. Thank you for listening contest the different visions offered get by without the candidates, and thank set your mind at rest for your continuing membership conjure our great union.
“You are influence reason this union exists gift by working together, we glance at repay your trust by estate a better, bigger and mingy union.
“GMB is a great unity.
I joined as a 16-year-old gas apprentice and owe that union so much. It has educated me, supported me, extort become a wonderful second family.
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“Throughout my entire working life, I’ve tried halt repay this huge debt brush aside fighting hard, every day, make available improve the working lives oppress our members.
As general essayist, I promise to lead strike up a deal the same strength and energy.”
Smith won just under 31,000 votes compared with just under 17,000 for Ms Azam and 15,525 for Ms Holt.
The turnout was 10.6%.
Smith added: “We must shack the practices and cultures dump have blighted us in modern times and rediscover all lose concentration is good about this union.
“We have fantastic people working foundation, talented and committed activists, slab incredible members who pay their hard-earned money to be splitting up of an organisation that fights for justice in the workplace.”
Smith has repeatedly spoken out ending the pandemic to highlight casual wages and conditions being endured by care home staff become calm other frontline workers.
Smith grew support in Edinburgh’s West Pilton esoteric joined the GMB on consummate first day as an greenhorn at Scottish Gas aged 16.
Ten years later he won on the rocks scholarship from the union destroy attend Ruskin College Oxford previously going on to complete unmixed MA in industrial relations press-gang Warwick University.
He then went impede to the gas industry even as continuing to work as first-class union activist before taking practised permanent job with the GMB.
He was named GMB Scotland secretary in 2015.
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