Jim Murray

James G. Murray (died 2006) was a Scottish trade unionist. He became the leader of his union and organised its merger into the GMB, but his time in office was overshadowed by allegations of vote-rigging which were later withdrawn.

Born in Glasgow, Murray completed an apprenticeship as a boilermaker with Babcock & Wilcox. During World War II, he served in the Royal Navy as an engine room artificer. After the war, he returned to the Clyde, spending time in engineering and shipbuilding before returning to boilermaking and joining the United Society of Boilermakers (USB).

Murray became increasingly active in the USB, initially as a lay official, then from 1962 as a full-time district delegate. He was also elected to the union's executive committee, and spent a period as its chair.

On a re-vote, Murray again won election, this time beating Williams by 2,349 votes to 1,970. Williams again took legal action, but a further executive investigation found no issues, and Murray took up the post in October. He completed merger negotiations with the General and Municipal Workers' Union, and in December the USB became part of the General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trades Union (GMBATU). Murray was appointed as the secretary of the GMBATU's new boilermakers' section.

Williams finally withdrew his legal action in February 1984, despite which he never believed he had lost to Murray. Murray, having found the situation stressful, retired at the end of the year. He died in 2006.