John Macreadie (19 September 1946 – 22 December 2010) was a Scottish trade unionist and a longstanding supporter of Militant.
Born in Glasgow, he left the city in his teens in the 60's to take up a job at the Ministry of Transport in London,[1] where he was also active within the Acton Young Socialists.
[2] He joined the Civil and Public Services Association and was appointed to a full-time post within the union in 1970.
[4] After being unsuccessful in further senior union official elections, Macreadie continued as a national CPSA, then PCS officer, eventually taking up a position as advisor to Mark Serwotka when he was elected as General Secretary in 2002.
[2] He retired from the PCS in 2005[2] and died of a brain tumour in France in December 2010, aged 64.