06 June 2023
GMB Congress celebrates the 75th Anniversary of Windrush but…
GMB Congress heard that three years after recommendations made in the Williams report, the government…
06 June 2023
GMB Congress calls on Electoral Reform Society’s Civica to insist…
Their good reputation for expertise and professionalism is being jeopardised due to problems with the…
05 June 2023
Employers must provide free hearing tests to all call handlers
Work Regulations Law must be updated to include free annual hearing tests for those workers in call-handling…
05 June 2023
Miscarriages must be included in parental bereavement leave,…
The law must be changed to give paid time off for both partners in families that experience pregnancy…
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…
22 May 2023
Yodel worker faces sack for simple error completing an accident…
A Yodel worker made a simple mistake when he completed a report in the employer’s accident book and now…
18 May 2023
Strikes to hit Tower Bridge, Old Bailey, Barbican and more in…
Tourist attractions across London could be forced to close as more than 900 workers walk out on 25 May,…
17 May 2023
GMB welcomes new legislation that sees workers keep all tips…
After years of campaigning for a law change, GMB London welcomes new legislation to ensure that more…
10 May 2023
RHS Chelsea Flower Show to face disruption due to strike action
100% of GMB members working for NSL Ltd, the parking enforcement contractor in Royal Borough of Kensington…
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09 May 2023
Whirlpool makes last-minute revised pay offer, avoiding strike…
Whirlpool has made a late revision to its pay offer to workers at their Peterborough factory, avoiding…
25 April 2023
Charity Bus Company employer to pay a four-figure sum to GMB…
FACT Community Transport (FACT), a charity serving the Fenland, Huntingdonshire and East Cambridgeshire…
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,…
19 April 2023
Whirlpool refurbishment outlet in Peterborough set for industrial…
80% of members of GMB and Unite unions at the Whirlpool factory have voted in favour of industrial action…
19 April 2023
London’s major tourist attractions face strike action
Many of London’s major tourist attractions including Tower Bridge, the Barbican and Hampstead Heath face…
04 April 2023
Mercedes Customer Service Breakdown
Undiagnosed fault with car causes private hire driver two years of frustration and anxiety, loss of earnings,…
23 March 2023
Food giant supplying Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose hits 1,000…
Around 100 workers head to Parliament threatened with sack if they don’t accept losing paid breaks, reduced…
15 March 2023
GMB gains another major win for Private Hire Drivers who will…
A GMB member working as a Private Hire Driver for the prestigious We know London, part of the We Know…
14 March 2023
GMB welcomes employer’s common-sense approach to negotiations…
GMB has recently held intense negotiations with Best Food Logistics in Hoddesdon, on behalf of GMB members…
08 March 2023
Union-busting behaviour of Management at Didcot DHL will fail…
GMB London Region has been representing members at DHL Didcot who are calling for union recognition.…
03 March 2023
A golden opportunity has been lost to gain valuable insight from…
GMB London members who are private hire vehicle and Taxi drivers have first-hand knowledge and experience…
10 February 2023
City of London Corporation announce 40 jobs at risk across London’s…
GMB members working at London’s historic open spaces have been informed that their jobs are at risk following…
08 February 2023
East of England ambulance workers vote to strike as industrial…
East of England only ambulance trust not to have been on strike, that will now change says GMB Union.
02 February 2023
Special School Trust decides teachers and managers are more deserving…
GMB London slams Queensmill Trust for choosing to award its management and teachers a pay rise but not…
26 January 2023
ULEZ extension - Heathrow may once again face major ground staff…
GMB London backs call for Mayor to provide solution to the impact the ULEZ extension will have on Heathrow…
20 January 2023
The FA and UEFA must now follow the Football Association of Wales…
With the announcement made by the Football Association of Wales, GMB renews its call on the FA and UEFA…
20 January 2023
Being a transport Charity is not an excuse to take employees…
GMB celebrate the judgement that Fenland Association for Community Transport Ltd (FACT) acted illegally…
12 January 2023
The City of London Corporation’s GMB members to be balloted for…
Workers reliant on handouts employed at some of the capital’s attractions want proper consolidated pay…
10 January 2023
A joint statement from GMB and TSSA unions
“In response to challenges to membership levels and financial shortfalls, TSSA has contacted GMB to seek…
10 January 2023
Another falsehood from StreetCars Stansted sees drivers lose…
GMB slams StreetCars Stansted for greedy commission that left drivers out of pocket and for forcing a…
15 December 2022
Unprecedented outcome for GMB member who challenged TFL’s revocation…
Following a police notification to TFL, a GMB member operating in the capital immediately had their licence…
07 December 2022
Ready meals production workers to hold a demo against proposed…
Ready meals production workers at Noon Products will gather outside its Southall site tomorrow (8th December)…
06 December 2022
Move to arbitration as workers producing some of the nation’s…
Pilgrim Food Masters at Spurway and GMB Union have moved to arbitration after GMB members rejected the…
28 November 2022
GMB Demands Rethink on City Congestion Zone
The proposal to implement a congestion charge around Cambridge has been met with heavy criticism from…
10 November 2022
Norse put forward shameful pay offer to waste and recycling workers…
Norse Environmental Waste Services (NEWS) workers in Norfolk have been offered a three-year pay deal…
09 November 2022
Addison Lee try to dodge a Tribunal bullet to avoid compensating…
Lawyers will be back in court on Thursday 10th November after multiple delays caused by Addison Lee’s…
08 November 2022
Taxi drivers in St Albans bearing soaring running costs win increase…
At a meeting of St Albans City and District Council on 1st November, private hire drivers and members…
04 November 2022
Senior Manager at DHL (ACCORD) Didcot accuses GMB of lying about…
GMB London Region officials representing members met with DH Didcot’s senior manager calling for union…
02 November 2022
Tower Bridge, Barbican, and Old Bailey workers demonstrate over…
Dozens of workers from Tower Bridge, the Barbican, the Old Bailey and other famous tourist attractions…
25 October 2022
Struggling with increasing costs, St Albans and Harpenden Taxi…
GMB Union has submitted a request on behalf of local Taxi drivers to St Alban's District Council to increase…
20 October 2022
Tower Bridge, the Barbican, Hampstead Heath, the Old Bailey and…
83% of GMB members employed by the Corporation of London voted to reject a final and ‘non-negotiable’…
18 October 2022
Black workers treated ‘less favourably’ for bonuses and promotions…
Last night at an event held in Westminster celebrating Black History Month, GMB London Region released…
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…
12 October 2022
GMB London call on Mayor to end practices that undermine and…
What can only be described as a cartel culture is emerging between local authorities, housing associations…
11 October 2022
East of England Ambulance Service faces strike vote
The East of England Ambulance Service faces a strike vote as GMB Union launches a formal industrial action…
11 October 2022
London Ambulance Service faces strike vote
Ballot dates will be announced in the coming days
07 October 2022
GMB Union puts faith in new branch
One of Britain’s largest trade unions has launched a new branch aimed at Jewish faith workers.
05 October 2022
GMB members in Greener Ealing Ltd vote on the long overdue pay…
After 91% of GMB members showed their willingness to take strike action, a pay offer has finally been…
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…
29 September 2022
Stansted airport’s private hire drivers consider ballot for industrial…
Kicked to the curb by takeover operator StreetCars, London’s Stansted airport drivers have found that…
21 September 2022
Evri deliver blow to single mum who dared to complain
Evri courier loses her job after challenging her manager about unpaid work
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…
14 September 2022
Thurrock Council collapse must not impact on council workers’…
We are extremely concerned by the reckless way Thurrock Council has been run under the Conservatives,…
08 September 2022
98% of GMB members overwhelmingly vote to reject UK Power Network’s…
UK Power Networks who maintain the electricity network across London and the South East made over £600m…
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…
06 September 2022
Refuse workers in Ealing to move forward with a consultation…
Following a mass meeting of GMB members employed by Ealing Council’s Trading Company, Greener Ealing…
01 September 2022
Ealing Council’s failure to properly fund contract could lead…
Ealing Council’s failure to properly fund contract could lead to a breakdown in industrial relations…
01 September 2022
Refuse strike brewing at Waltham Forest as pay talks break down
GMB London Refuse workers in Waltham Forest face no choice but to follow refuse depots across the UK…
17 August 2022
London Borough employer signs up to GMB's domestic abuse charter
London Borough of Redbridge has signed up to GMB’s Work to Stop Domestic Abuse employer charter, - following…
15 August 2022
GMB calls for water authority to implement Victorian solution…
GMB London repeat call for Thames Water and the government to implement Victorian plan to move water…
15 August 2022
Great outcome for GMB members at DHL Banbury who accepted 9%…
GMB members at DHL Life Sciences Banbury have voted to accept a 9% pay increase with an agreement for…
12 August 2022
City of London Corp. workers threaten industrial action over…
City of London Corp. – governing one of the richest square miles in the world – is refusing to offer…
11 August 2022
GMB London call on Sadiq Khan to tell One Housing to stop second…
One Housing must accept the overwhelming 2020 vote against demolition
05 August 2022
Amazon workers walkout over pathetic pay offer
Workers are seeking a £2ph rise to better match the demands of the role and cope with the cost of living…
28 July 2022
GMB London welcomes go-ahead for Sizewell C new Nuclear Power…
GMB London welcomes go-ahead for Sizewell C new Nuclear Power Station
09 July 2022
GMB schools staff need inflation linked pay rise
Years of public sector pay freezes and below inflation pay rises are taking a devastating toll on these…
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08 July 2022
IKEA and GMB work together to update union recognition
GMB union is very pleased to announce that IKEA’s Peterborough Distribution Centre has signed a new recognition…
06 July 2022
UEFA Women’s Euros - Women and Men's teams deserve equal prize…
As the Women’s Euros 2022 competition kicks off this evening at Old Trafford, GMB calls on the FA and…
29 June 2022
GMB Refuse workers at Hammersmith and Fulham council unanimously…
GMB Refuse workers at Hammersmith and Fulham council unanimously reject Serco Pay Offer and vote to support…
23 June 2022
Reasonable Adjustments Passport: Landmark help for disabled staff…
A Redbridge council worker and GMB activist has helped path the way for disabled workers employed by…
21 June 2022
Cayley Primary School in Tower Hamlets’ management rejects staff's…
Tower Hamlets’ school’s proposal to axe nursery nurses by effectively downgrading the role and pay them…
17 June 2022
Exposed: Teaching assistants earning below minimum wage
GMB union members in London gear up for action as internal memo reveals NLW pressures School support…
15 June 2022
"We need a London Living Wage” Aviation staff tell GMB Congress
“We need a London Living Wage” Aviation staff tell GMB Congress. Our members at airports are overworked,…
14 June 2022
Aviation and detention workers union, GMB call on Privilege Style…
GMB London Regional Secretary, Warren Kenny wrote to Privilege Style bosses on behalf of his members…
14 June 2022
GMB Activists vow to stamp out antisemitism in the movement
GMB London and Jewish Labour Movement host first-ever antisemitism education training for GMB members…
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14 June 2022
GMB London Grenfell campaigners stage action calling for justice…
Placards with the names of the 72 were held by members from across every sector in the country today…
14 June 2022
GMB takes HM coastguard to court over workers' rights
Coastguard heroes risk their lives to save others and police our shores but are treated worse than any…
14 June 2022
GMB backs calls for antisemites to face ‘full force of the law’
GMB leader Gary Smith supports motion calling for tough action, including against GMB members posting…
13 June 2022
London bus drivers forced to wee in bushes and bottles due to…
Some drivers bring a bottle to work – it’s awful but when you’ve got to go you’ve got to go, GMB Congress…
10 June 2022
Cost of living in London: 1 in 3 London Teaching Assistants turning…
1 in 3 school support staff in London are looking to food banks to support them through the next few…
06 June 2022
More air travel misery ahead as severe disruption could hit Ryanair…
GMB Union is potentially entering into a formal dispute with ABM Blue Handling after talks broke down. GMB…
30 May 2022
No 10 is still not a living wage employer
In 2001 low-paid cleaners in East London began the campaign for a London living wage, an hourly rate…
06 May 2022
NHS core values include ‘Respect and Dignity, Everyone Counts’…
Insulted patient transport staff will demonstrate on Monday against management’s poor treatment of staff…
28 April 2022
Camden and Westminster Veolia refuse workers rally to send message…
GMB London hails members in the refuse services for Camden and Westminster boroughs for demonstrating…
25 April 2022
Thousands of Securitas workers now protected by domestic abuse…
Securitas has signed up to GMB’s Work to Stop Domestic Abuse employer charter, following a campaign by…
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13 April 2022
Sushi maker loses tips of fingers in accident then 'sent to hospital…
A sushi maker sliced off the tips of two fingers in an accident and was then sent to A&E in a taxi, GMB…
13 April 2022
Workers resident in St Albans and Maldon top the East of England…
Workers resident in St Albans and Maldon top the East of England earnings league with those in Fenland…
11 April 2022
Workers resident in Kensington & Chelsea and Wandsworth top London…
Workers resident in Kensington & Chelsea and Wandsworth top London earnings league with those in Hillingdon…
08 April 2022
GMB London slams Asda for instructing management to discipline…
GMB London slams Asda for instructing management to discipline workers wearing ‘Smart-Price Wages’ campaign…
04 April 2022
Zero tolerance needed on fly-tipping in London as GMB study shows…
London boroughs need to up their game as GMB Union research shows only 15.5% of fly-tipping incidents…
04 April 2022
Zero tolerance needed on fly-tipping in East of England as GMB…
Local authorities need to up their game as GMB Union research shows only 11.7% of fly-tipping incidents…
29 March 2022
GMB London warn Royal Parks that inflation has to be factored…
GMB London warn Royal Parks that inflation has to be factored into grounds maintenance retendering contracts Unless…
22 March 2022
National Education Union staff prepared to take strike action…
GMB members working for the National Education Union (NEU) have reached an agreement on a pay increase…
21 March 2022
GMB London protest on Wednesday 23 March outside Decathlon Wandsworth…
GMB London protest on Wednesday 23 March outside Decathlon Wandsworth over plans to cash in on Russian…
21 March 2022
NHS staff to protest in central London on Tuesday 22nd March…
GMB London Region supports grassroots organisation NHS Workers Say No [1] together with campaigning representatives…
17 March 2022
NHS running out of fuel fast
NHS staff are facing severe hardship due to the fuel crisis and an out-of-date NHS Mileage Allowance…
11 March 2022
GMB and Evri (formerly Hermes UK) announce ‘breakthrough’ pension…
Tens of thousands of couriers will now have retirement plans looked after and the right to maternity…
28 February 2022
Angry GMB members driving HGVs for Wincanton Co-op Cardinal are…
Strike looming as angry GMB members driving HGVs for Wincanton Co-op Cardinal are prepared for strike…
17 February 2022
GMB London nominated five Food Banks to receive a donation of…
GMB London nominated five Food Banks to receive a donation of £1,000 Each from the TUUT Charitable Trust Food…
16 February 2022
1300 Heathrow workers win London Living Wage pay boost after…
A fresh group of sub-contracted workers at Heathrow Airport will get a pay rise to at least £11.05 per…
16 February 2022
33 London boroughs must step up efforts to collect the £752m…
Westminster tops London league for uncollected Council Tax and business rates in 2020/21 as a total for…
16 February 2022
45 East of England councils must step up efforts to collect the…
Peterborough tops east of England league for uncollected council tax and business rates in 2020/21 as…
09 February 2022
£2.8 million costs to taxpayers on 63 non-disclosure agreements…
£2.8 million costs to taxpayers on 63 non-disclosure agreements at Newham prompts GMB London to press…
03 February 2022
GMB call on the government to shift £10 per week ‘green’ levies…
GMB CALL ON GOVERNMENT TO SHIFT £10 PER WEEK ‘GREEN’ LEVIES ON HOUSEHOLD ENERGY BILLS TO GENERAL TAXATION…
27 January 2022
GMB London welcomes government investment of further £100m and…
Sizewell C will provide reliable base load zero-carbon electricity for many decades to come and support…
26 January 2022
GMB London Ambulance Mitie members to go back in-house
London Ambulance Service Trust leaders have announced that all their outsourced staff are to be brought…
25 January 2022
GMB members at Newham Adult Learning Service overwhelming vote…
GMB members at Newham Adult Learning Service overwhelming vote to move to official strike ballot over…
04 January 2022
Women’s teams get less than 5% of the prize money paid to men’s…
GMB London call on Football Association to level up prize money for women's teams in the FA Cup to that…
17 December 2021
GMB welcomes NWLA go-ahead for Edmonton incinerator
New incinerator will be cleaner for the environment and serve many homes and businesses with heat and…
14 December 2021
GMB urges seven North London councils to press on with new Edmonton…
This new incinerator is much cleaner than the one it is replacing and it turns waste into energy and…
10 December 2021
Roof falls in on pay for Wincanton Monier drivers after a miserly…
GMB London members employed by Wincanton for Monier who deliver roofing for the UK’s building industry…
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18 November 2021
GMB official strike ballot underway to December 15th for Health…
Government should give our members a decent pay rise, which matches the hard work and dedication that…
16 November 2021
Islington Council guilty of unfair dismissal of disabled worker…
If Islington Council made reasonable adjustments and explored our members request and advise from their…
08 November 2021
Heathrow Airport must honour London Living Wage pledge
GMB London call on Heathrow Airport and airport operators to honour pledge to pay London living wage…
01 November 2021
NJC Indicative Ballot Opens Today
For all NJC Local Government & School members, an indicative industrial action ballot OPENS TODAY. This…
28 October 2021
GMB London welcomes new funding model and £1.7bn budget sum for…
GMB London welcomed the new funding model for new nuclear announced on Tuesday 26th and the £1.7bn sum…
14 October 2021
Strike action threatened by waste collection workers in Central…
GMB London, representing members employed by FCC Environment contracted to provide waste disposal services…
01 October 2021
GMB welcomes Yodel’s significant pay offer of 17.6% for LGV1…
After many weeks of negotiations about pay, followed by a ballot with a turnout of 84% of GMB’s disgruntled…
01 October 2021
GMB London welcomes recognition agreement with Co-op Funeral…
GMB London welcomes the decision by East of England Co-op Funeral Care to sign a GMB recognition agreement
14 September 2021
GMB Union’s King’s Lynn branch presented King's Lynn Town Football…
Proudly supporting their local football club, branch secretary Dave Dennis and branch chair Barry Tice…
06 September 2021
GMB London call on the Government to extend furlough for the…
The call by GMB and industry representatives in the aviation sector and supply chain is falling on the…
01 September 2021
GMB Wincanton HGV members secure 11% pay deal in recognition…
GMB London Region representing Mechanical offload HGV drivers has agreed to an 8% pay increase and a…
24 August 2021
Yodel lorry drivers have had enough of constant disputes and…
GMB members at Yodel are angry having discovered that agency drivers are being paid more and being given…
19 August 2021
GMB London call on ASDA to implement its own policies on discrimination…
ASDA need to adhere to the Equality Act 2010 and challenge the behaviour of their managers and educate…
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13 August 2021
South Cambridgeshire Council recognise value of staff with 2.5%…
Joint Union pay negotiations with South Cambridgeshire District Council reached agreement of a pay award…
09 August 2021
GMB London Region slams Asda for the dismissal of loyal employee…
ASDA used to be a well-respected company where colleagues were proud to wear the ASDA badge. This has…
04 August 2021
Over 80% of teaching assistants would feel safer if CO2 monitors…
GMB the union for school support staff calls for Government to fund the installation of CO2 monitors…
21 July 2021
ZERO TOLERANCE' NEEDED ON LONDON FLY TIPPING AS GMB STUDY SHOWS…
Local authorities need to up their game as GMB Union data shows less than half incidents resulted in…
20 July 2021
Grass Roots NHS campaigners will be making themselves heard today
Dozens of NHS workers rally at downing street to deliver 800,000 strong petition calling for 15% pay…
19 July 2021
GMB's justice members plan protest against imposed paltry pay…
GMB prisoner transport staff stage royal courts of justice protest over real terms pay cut
14 July 2021
MPs must wear masks to protect Parliamentary Staff, Unions tell…
This is a stark example of how rules in Parliament apply only to some and not to others, unions say This…