Tracy Gilbert

Tracy Gilbert is the Scottish Regional Secretary for USDAW – the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers.

Tracy has more than 25 years’ experience in the trade union movement – working in retail and Local Government prior to becoming a full-time Lay Officer for Unison City of Edinburgh. From Unison, she worked with the TUC Organising Academy before joining USDAW in 2000.

Tracy worked in a variety of roles before becoming Deputy Regional Secretary at the beginning of 2017, and eventually going on to be appointed Regional Secretary for Scotland in 2021. She oversees a membership of more than 36,000 trade unionists across USDAW in Scotland, articulating the views of workers across a wide range of sectors, covering retail, distribution, manufacturing, process workers and call centres.

Tracy represented USDAW on the Scottish Government’s Retail Strategy, and is now Chair of the People Strand on the Scottish Government’s Industrial Leadership Group for Retail in Scotland. She is also a member of the STUC General Council.