Alan Ritchie

Alan Ritchie (born 1951 ) is a Scottish trade unionist, currently an organiser at GMB Scotland.

Ritchie left school at the age of fifteen,

Ritchie became active in the Scottish Trades Union Congress, chairing its Youth Advisory Committee, and took a number of full-time positions in UCATT, becoming its Scottish regional secretary in 1991.

As general secretary, Ritchie led the group of trade unionists working on the 2012 Olympic Games construction project, and campaigned against nominal self-employment of building workers and for improved safety on construction sites. The following year, he resigned from the union.