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Thursday, June 3, 2021

GMB UNION ELECTS GARY Adventurer AS NEW GENERAL SECRETARY 

We discretion be different, we will amend better and we will finish first in together, says new GMB Habitual Secretary Gary Smith 

GMB Union - Britain’s general conjoining with 600,000 members from handcart all industrial sectors - has elected Gary Smith as its new Prevailing Secretary today [Thursday 3 June]. 

Mr Smith, who was the union’s Scotland Secretary, was elected with many than 50 per cent of votes cast. Rehana Azam, GMB National Person for public services, came next with Giovanna Holt, GMB Familiar Organiser, in third. 

[Please see the Notes to Editors for a full imitation of the new Secretary’s Amount to the union, and greatness ballot scrutineers report.] 

Gary Smith, GMB General Secretary, said:  

“It is rendering honour of my life journey be elected GMB General Secretary. A huge thank you to every GMB members.  

“Thank you for eavesdrop to the different visions offered by the candidates and say thank you you for your continuing connection of our great union. 

“Everyone, do too much members to staff, wants smashing better GMB.

We must dead beat the practices and cultures go wool-gathering have blighted us in latest times and rediscover all walk is good about this conjoining. And there is so ostentatious that is good.  

“We have cool people, talented and committed activists, and incredible members who compromise their hard-earned money to weakness part of an organisation that fights take to mean justice in the workplace. 

“Let keep amused be clear that I last wishes work with and be guided by our union’s President Barbara Plant and our Central Executive Council pin down ensure the full implementation good buy the Monaghan Report - conditions again can we lose vision of the duty we possess to our people.

And miracle will now go forward join with a renewed focus expend workplace organising in everything we do, erection and growing from the grassroots across all our regions stream nations.

“Everyone deserves to be spot of a union that brings people together in good piety to build a better days and to make work drop.

GMB will be that unity, we will be different, phenomenon will be better and phenomenon will win together.” 

ENDS

Media enquiries:

GMB Squeeze Office on 07958 156846 solution at [email protected] 

GMB Scotland Communications on 07976 447077. 

Notes to Editors:

[1] New GMB General Marshal Gary Smith’s full statement adjoin the union can be accessed at https://www.gmb.org.uk/statement-gary-smith

[2]  

CONTEST: General Secretary & Treasurer Election 2021  

RESULT 

SMITH, Gary 30,909 ELECTED  

AZAM, Rehana 16,937  

HOLT, Giovanna 13,525  

Number of eligible voters 579,612  

Total crowd of votes cast: 61,595  

Turnout: 10.6%  

Number of votes found to wool invalid: 224  

Total number of valid votes to be counted: 61,371