02 April 2026
New figures reveal over £500 million of uncollected council tax…
GMB Union has today urged London councils to step up efforts to collect council tax and business rates,…
Local Government
18 March 2026
Peterborough Council to bring waste services back in-house
GMB Union has today [18 March] reacted to news that Peterborough City Council will transfer hundreds…
05 March 2026
Kensington and Chelsea facing threat of legal action over staff…
GMB Union has threatened legal action against the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) after…
03 December 2025
Waltham Forest bin strikes averted after new pay deal
Refuse, street scene, and grounds maintenance workers in Waltham Forest have called off planned strikes…
05 June 2025
Islington nursery worker subjected to 'cruel and insensitive'…
New River Children’s Centre, a nursery run by Islington Council, has imposed sickness absence procedures…
02 June 2025
City of London stalls on future of 'much-loved' early years'…
75 per cent of respondents to a consultation on the future of Aldgate School Children’s Centre want the…
29 April 2025
Pay dispute ends at Peterborough Council
Accepted offer will see 3.6 per cent rise in workers’ pay for the year 2024 - 2025
03 March 2025
Peterborough Council considers insourcing vital services following…
GMB Union has welcomed a review from Peterborough City Council, recommending that it takes vital services…
19 December 2024
Christmas miracle needed to prevent strikes as Peterborough Council…
Without a better deal, strike action looks likely in the New Year, warns GMB Union.
10 December 2024
Outsourced Peterborough Council workers reject 'turkey' of a…
Outsourced Peterborough Council workers have rejected a 'turkey' of a pay award - sparking fears of industrial…
24 June 2024
Westminster’s waste workers set for strike action after bully…
100 per cent of GMB Members at Veolia Westminster are gearing up to take action following the dismissal…
20 March 2024
Mind the ethnicity pay gap
A London council became the first to call for better reporting of the ethnicity pay gap.
30 November 2023
Herts bin strike averted with a last-minute pay deal
North and East Herts binmen due to commence strike on Monday 27th November, agreed a last-minute pay…
13 October 2023
Islington Traffic Wardens win bumper 40 per cent pay rise
Deal is testament to what a good relationship between an employer and trade union can deliver, says GMB
19 September 2023
GMB members left feeling ‘totally worthless and humiliated’ after…
GMB members who worked in ‘Our Newham Learning and Skills’ (ONLS) have come under attack again in another…
07 July 2023
Pay victory for striking parking enforcers in Kensington and…
Heroic 19-Day strike action results in pay victory for NSL Workers
05 June 2023
Toilets for taxi drivers and transport workers ‘basic human right’…
Lack of proper facilities degrading and embarrassing, while drivers face prosecution and losing jobs,…
01 June 2023
Underpaid traffic wardens in Kensington & Chelsea set for two…
The traffic wardens are paid less than those in other London boroughs - even when working for the same…
21 April 2023
Traffic wardens in Kensington and Chelsea begin ballot on strike…
GMB members at NSL Ltd, who are contracted to provide Kensington & Chelsea’s parking enforcement operation,…
18 October 2022
Canning Town Library Plaque Long Overdue
Newham Council last night approved the mounting of a roundel plaque on the side of Canning Town Library…
03 October 2022
Westminster Council must save historic gas lamps - GMB
These central London gas lamps are part of our heritage, says GMB Union GMB Union today (Monday) called…
16 September 2022
London refuse workers denied public holiday to mourn the Queen
“It’s a shameful act of disrespect to our Sovereign and to our members.” GMB London said. Refuse workers…
16 September 2022
Leader of Council receives 70% pay increase whilst Refuse and…
Dispute in Ealing no nearer to being resolved as Greener Ealing Ltd and Ealing Council are no nearer…
07 September 2022
Waltham Forest refuse workers’ dispute continues
Waltham Forest refuse workers’ dispute continues as 96.4% indicate they will take strike action over…