11 December 2024
Thames Water sewage spills and proposed bill hikes ‘stink’
GMB London Region has reacted today to news that Thames Water sewage spills have risen 40%, while the…
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…
09 December 2024
‘Undervalued' Foreign Office security guards call for a living…
Security guards working at FCDO Services, Hanslope Park and employed by Allied Universal G4S have experienced…
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03 December 2024
Strike at Unite begins over 'toxic bullying culture'
Workers have started a four-day strike to challenge ‘bullying’ and ‘victimisation’, despite attempts…
01 December 2024
Speak up for health equity on World AIDS Day
In line with the theme of this year’s World AIDS Day (Sunday 1st December 2024), ‘Take the rights path:…
26 November 2024
Unite employs 'union-busting tactics' and suspends staff about…
GMB Union members working in Unite’s National Bargaining and Disputes Support Unit (BDSU) are due to…
21 November 2024
Thames Water ‘in crisis’ with rising debt and crumbling infrastructure
GMB London Region has reacted today to reports that Thames Water has secured approval for a £3 billion…
18 November 2024
Staff at Unite the Union to strike over 'bullying and victimisation'
Unite’s failure to act over bullying and victimisation allegations is ‘unacceptable’ and GMB members…
08 November 2024
Staff at Unite the Union to be balloted for strike action from…
GMB Union members working for Unite will start voting in a ballot opening today over failures to address…
01 November 2024
Drivers union demands that TfL must scrutinise Addison Lee’s…
During an Employment Tribunal this week, it was revealed on 29th October that a senior executive of Addison…
17 October 2024
Aldgate’s local parents set to lose important ‘heart of community’…
The City of London Corporation has announced a decision to close the City Child and Family Centre in…
17 September 2024
Heathrow passenger numbers rocket but low-paid workers hit with…
Heathrow Airport is set to enjoy record-breaking passenger numbers this year, yet has hit low-paid workers…
14 August 2024
Ground staff at London City Airport set to cause major disruption…
GMB Union today (Wednesday) warns that London City Airport is facing the first major stoppage in its…
31 July 2024
Northwick Park strikes end as hospital workers win 25 per cent…
Industrial action at Northwick Park Hospital has ended after GMB members accepted a deal that includes…
30 July 2024
Casual staff at the City Of London Corporation told to take out…
The corporation’s solution to the problem of making up backdated contributions of thousands of pounds…
26 July 2024
Community bench installed in memory of Gary Doolan
On Thursday 18th July, a memorial bench was installed in Frome Street, N1 near the home of Gary Doolan,…
15 July 2024
Heathrow drivers living on a knife’s edge with short-term contracts…
We Know London (WKL) drivers working from London Heathrow Airport have recently raised serious concerns…
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…
19 June 2024
GMB win worker status for HM Coastguard rescue workers in 298…
'This judgement brings a level of responsibility to HM Coast Guard to treat rescue workers with respect…
18 June 2024
Bullies of the bin world sack long-serving union rep for highlighting…
Following reports to GMB London about issues of bullying in the workplace, Bosses at Veolia Westminster…
13 June 2024
Artificial intelligence could threaten 300 million jobs worldwide,…
AI is a scary world when you hear that 300 million of us could be phased out of work within a couple…
12 June 2024
£20 million Fujitsu contract with environment agency ‘kick in…
Delegates called for an end to squandering tax-payers’ money on Government contracts with disgraced tech…
10 June 2024
Low-level letter boxes - a primary cause of sickness in the delivery…
Congress calls for changes to building regulations on low-level letter boxes to improve health and safety…
09 June 2024
OFWAT has failed - we need a new regulator, GMB Congress agrees
Water boss bonuses must reflect performance, GMB’s Annual Congress in Bournemouth hears
05 June 2024
Engineering workers win new pay deal after 5 days of strike action
Members of GMB at Crane Building Services and Utilities have accepted a 7 per cent pay deal following…
04 June 2024
Transport union’s staff begin 15 days of industrial action
Staff working at TSSA begin strike action over ‘culture’ dispute with the Union’s management.
24 May 2024
GMB Union welcomes recognition with Trans Rights charity
GMB has signed a Recognition Agreement with Gendered Intelligence, one of Britain’s leading Trans Support…
15 May 2024
New plans approved to improve the Commemorative Site of union…
Plans have been approved (14th May 2024) to protect and enhance a historic site linked to Will Thorne,…
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13 May 2024
Workers at engineering company crane announce two weeks of strike…
GMB Members at Crane Building Services and Utilities in Hitchin announce strike dates following overwhelming…
03 May 2024
Industrial action to hit specialist utilities pipework company
GMB Members at Crane Building Services and Utilities have voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking industrial…
29 April 2024
Staff at TSSA rail union to strike on Tuesday 30 April
TSSA trade union staff are taking a day of strike action on Tuesday 30 April, after management failed…
19 April 2024
Specialist engineering factory faces disruption to production…
GMB launched a ballot for industrial action yesterday at Crane Building Services and Utilities based…
18 April 2024
Strike dates announced at TSSA Union
New revelations of financial mismanagement also emerge, GMB Union says
15 April 2024
TSSA union staff vote for strike action
Staff working for the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association have voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking…
26 March 2024
Staff at rail union TSSA balloted for strike action
GMB members working for the TSSA rail union are to begin voting in an industrial action ballot over a…
25 March 2024
Basildon Care Home Permacare signs new recognition agreement…
GMB, the union for care workers sealed the agreement with Permacare Ltd on Tuesday 19th March following…
20 March 2024
Mind the ethnicity pay gap
A London council became the first to call for better reporting of the ethnicity pay gap.
11 January 2024
New ‘dough’ deal for Best Food Logistics’ Pret warehouse and…
Following negotiations between management and GMB members working for Best Foods (Pret A Manger), members…
11 January 2024
Evri couriers accept a bumper pay increase
Evri couriers accept bumper 13 per cent pay increase that recognises couriers' worth
09 January 2024
Heathrow workers hammered by 200 per cent parking fee hike
Workers in tears over cost fears
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…
06 November 2023
Road sign relic returned to Tower Hamlets
After being lost for over 80 years, the original road sign for Club Row in Bethnal Green in London was…
03 November 2023
Stansted’s anti-trade union cab operator takes another step to…
Street Cars is imposing more actions on drivers to try to strengthen its dominance and reduce its responsibilities…
30 October 2023
Waltham Forest Refuse Worker attacked at work faces losing job
Refuse workers in Waltham Forest 'are worried for their safety and nothing is being done to protect them'.
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
29 September 2023
Strike action averted as ground staff at Stansted accept bumper…
Blue Handling ground workers at Stansted have accepted a bumper pay deal just hours before receiving…
26 September 2023
Redundancy for 80 Banbury DHL staff forced through at speed without…
DHL’s actions are immoral, unethical and disrespectful, says GMB Union
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…
18 September 2023
Social housing giant slammed for ‘strike breaking’ as workers…
Staff at social housing provider Grand Union Housing are struggling to pay their own rent, says GMB union. GMB…
13 September 2023
Sainsburys, Tesco and Waitrose among many supermarkets set to…
GMB has secured a strong mandate for Industrial action.
07 September 2023
Progress on Cambridge congestion charge is a positive move but…
Having to factor in payment for STZ will mean for some that it is no longer viable to live and work in…
29 August 2023
GMB Statement on ULEZ from Warren Kenny, GMB London Regional…
GMB Union's history is rooted in supporting workers and their families as well as speaking up for the…
08 August 2023
Stansted’s greedy car service operator is ‘crushing’ drivers…
The hike in commission rates at StreetCars implemented in June, has driven drivers to despair over concerns…
24 July 2023
DHL workers in Banbury win ‘bumper’ pay deal
Deal is testament to partnership enjoyed with DHL, says GMB Union
20 July 2023
Industrial action to hit social housing giant slammed for ‘poverty…
Staff at social housing provider Grand Union Housing can’t afford their own rent, says GMB union.
07 July 2023
Ryanair flights from Stansted could face severe disruption if…
Ryanair flights at Stansted could be severely disrupted this summer if GMB members are balloted for industrial…
07 July 2023
Pay victory for striking parking enforcers in Kensington and…
Heroic 19-Day strike action results in pay victory for NSL Workers
07 June 2023
Sewage dumping: urgent public inquiry needed into gross mismanagement…
Thousands of GMB members who work in this industry are passionate about the survival of their industry
07 June 2023
Women's teams deserve equal FA cup prize money
Women's teams deserve equal FA cup prize money
06 June 2023
Ofsted needs major overhaul
School inspection body Ofsted needs major reforms, GMB Congress?heard. A survey of GMB teaching assistant…
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…