Kevin Buchanan

GMB activist, NUJ member and former STUC staffer. Interests: photography, filming, music and cooking. Views are my own.

[GMB Union @GMB_union]

Wishing all Muslims in the GMB family, UK and Ireland a happy and peaceful Eid al-Adha.

Eid Mubarak!

[GMB Union @GMB_union]

The Government's new package of support for the ceramics sector is huge.

This will make a massive difference for energy intensive sectors.

Workers have a Government that listens.

[GMB Scotland @GMBScotOrg]

'It is beyond time our Ministry of Defence started defending our workers.' Why £1.9bn dry docks for Faslane must be built in Scotland. The Record reports.
https://t.co/lIJ6C33CGx

[Morning Star @M_Star_Online]

Whisky workers strike in Glasgow
https://t.co/wEI78slYUR

[Glasgow Times @Glasgow_Times]

Workers at John Dewar & Sons in Glasgow say they are prepared to take further action if the company can’t agree on holiday entitlement.

Full story: https://t.co/z2SKicC1bY

[GMB Scotland @GMBScotOrg]

'We will not accept the unacceptable.' Whisky workers strike at Dewar's after drinks giant imposes new system risking holiday entitlement. https://t.co/dVCwqsfBkC

[GMB Union @GMB_union]

BREAKING 🚨: More than 6000 Evri workers to vote in pay ballot 👏

We are recommending workers reject the deal - which represents a paycut for some staff 📉

[GMB Scotland @GMBScotOrg]

So a Scottish public body blocks our publicly-owned shipyard from even bidding to build a Scottish ferry, reveals BBC. How many more contracts and jobs must be lost before we let Scotland make again?
https://t.co/gzX9wLwBjK

[GMB Union @GMB_union]

Gary Smith has been re-elected unopposed as our General Secretary and Treasurer.

He joined GMB at 16 as an apprentice in the gas industry and this is his second term of office, following his first election as the union’s leader in 2021.

Congratulations Gary!

[GMB Scotland @GMBScotOrg]

'Scotland will always need ships. This yard should help build them.' We welcome the Scottish Government's promise of four new contracts for Ferguson Marine.
https://t.co/6i2R553pXS

[GMB Union @GMB_union]

Happy Holi to everyone celebrating - from all of us at GMB 🥳

[GMB Union @GMB_union]

Four years ago Putin began his brutal invasion of Ukraine.

Today - and all days - we stand with Ukrainians.

Sláva Ukrayíni 🇺🇦

[GMB Scotland @GMBScotOrg]

'Rogue employers.' We urge ministers to intervene as colleges spend thousands on lawyers fighting our right to represent workers. The Scotsman reports.
https://t.co/78tfPCFAwI

[Gary Smith @GMBGarySmith]

Good to be in Govan today meeting our GMB shop stewards and conveyor at BAE.

If the government is serious about “warfighting readiness”, we need to create thousands more apprenticeships and bring communities like Govan back to life.

[GMB Union @GMB_union]

BREAKING 🚨: BMA staff to start ballot on strike action over pay erosion 👏

400 workers will be balloted - after a pay offer far below what the BMA demands for its own members 🪧

[GMB Scotland @GMBScotOrg]

'Culture of official cover-up and concealment is our country's worst kept secret. It needs to end.' GMB Scotland secretary Louise Gilmour in The Post.
https://t.co/Z9Sg7zOiwK via @Sunday_Post

[GMB Union @GMB_union]

From everyone at GMB - we wish you all the best for 2026!

[GMB Union @GMB_union]

Happy Chanukah to everyone celebrating! 🕎

[GMB Union @GMB_union]

BREAKING 🚨: Birmingham women workers get confirmation of cash settlement today 👏

Tens of thousands of workers will receive their share of hundreds of millions 🎉

[GMB Union @GMB_union]

The Employment Rights Bill is back in Parliament today.

It’s the biggest leap forward for workers right for a generation.

It’s time to get on with it. Make it law - now.