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GMB Union
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Organising and campaigning to #MakeWorkBetter. Winning for members since 1889.

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BREAKING 🚨: ASDA plan to outsource George clothing delivery - risking 1200 jobs 🚛
January 20, 2026 at 3:08 PM
The Government's planned new water regulator must have teeth.

Thousands of customers across the South East have been left without water - leaving staff to pick up the pieces.

Meanwhile the top brass pick up big bonuses for presiding over the whole mess.

This must change.
January 20, 2026 at 7:18 AM
GMB WIN 🚨: Over 4000 Doncaster Council workers are set for a pay rise worth millions 👏

From April staff will have their pay bumped up by 2.5% - reversing a Conservative austerity era cut 💷
January 19, 2026 at 4:57 PM
GMB WIN: Bromley parking dispute settles as members earn London Living Wage backpay victory 👏

Workers voted overwhelmingly to accept the deal which includes a non-consolidated bonus 🚗
January 16, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Amazon must temporarily close their Coventry warehouse after a TB outbreak.

Preventing a major outbreak is more important than Amazon's profit margins.

Workers must be put onto full sick pay.
January 16, 2026 at 2:10 PM
On this day in 1855 Eleanor Marx, a co-founder of our union, was born.

She was at the forefront of the fight for the 8 hour working day and consistently fought for justice & equality.

Today we celebrate all her achievements 👏
January 16, 2026 at 9:02 AM
BREAKING 🚨: Over 100 workers laid off at Manchester steel firm 🏭

Thomas Storey Fabrications Group factory - which made Bailey bridges for allied troops during World War Two - hasn't given staff hours for over a month 🪖
January 14, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Today's record-breaking windfarm auction is good news.

Securing significant investment in clean power is what we need to hit net zero.

This is a golden opportunity to on-shore supply chains and create good jobs across the UK.

We must take it.
January 14, 2026 at 10:13 AM
BREAKING 🚨: Cow dung could help heat 10 million homes and save thousands of gas jobs, GMB analysis shows.

Cow poo already provides enough energy in the grid to heat over 800,000 homes, set to rise to 1.2m 🐮
January 6, 2026 at 4:17 PM
By midday today the average fat cat FTSE 100 boss will rake in more than a typical Brit's annual earnings

Workers are still struggling with the cost of living crisis.

That’s why the Employment Rights Act is so crucial: to give people a chance to get the pay they deserve.
January 6, 2026 at 10:55 AM
BREAKING 🚨: NHS workers launch week-long strike for pension equality 🧑‍⚕️

Directly employed NHS staff at Airedale hospital get seven times the employer contribution compared to some outsourced staff 🙅
January 5, 2026 at 12:42 PM
From everyone at GMB - we wish you all the best for 2026!
January 1, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Wishing everyone celebrating a very Merry Christmas! 🎄
December 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
BREAKING 🚨: Almost 40% of school support staff worry about being able to afford Christmas 🎄

And nearly 3/4 bring in food, Christmas clothing and coats for children in their care 🎅

This is why Labour reintroducing the School Support Staff Negotiating Body in 2026 is key 👏
December 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ambulance workers are worried this festive period.

Over 70% of ambulance workers fear burnout.

And nearly half worry about physical attacks.

This Christmastime - think about the ambulance staff who keep us safe - before you do anything daft 🎄🚑
December 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The BMA are offering their own staff just 2%.

All as they are taking their members out on strike over a deal worth more.

It's hypocrisy: pure and simple.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
BMA accused of hypocrisy as its own staff threaten to strike over pay
Dispute with clerical staff over below-inflation pay rise comes as NHS resident doctors start BMA-backed strike
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The Employment Rights Act is a new era for workers in this country.

The biggest step forward for workers rights’ in 50 years.

GMB members’ voices have been at the forefront of making this happen.

This is a huge moment to make work better.
December 16, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Happy Chanukah to everyone celebrating! 🕎
December 14, 2025 at 8:11 AM
BREAKING 🚨: Birmingham women workers get confirmation of cash settlement today 👏

Tens of thousands of workers will receive their share of hundreds of millions 🎉
December 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The Employment Rights Bill is back in Parliament today.

It’s the biggest leap forward for workers right for a generation.

It’s time to get on with it. Make it law - now.
December 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
BREAKING 🚨: Two week strike action starts at one of UK's largest frozen food facilities 🪧

We could have Christmas turkey shortages if bosses don't improve the ZERO % pay offer 🦃
December 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Today’s budget is the final nail in the coffin for the Conservative’s failed austerity project.

Key public services and essential infrastructure suffered because the Tories made bad economic choices - we must never go back to those dark days.
November 26, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The minimum wage rise is fantastic news for millions of low-paid workers.

It will lift people's pay and deliver more cash to spend on the high street.

Wages not based on ages has long been our call: the higher increase for young workers is a crucial step forward.
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Today is Equal Pay Day: the day women effectively stop earning compared to men.

We fight inequality wherever we find it.

That’s why GMB Union members have launched more than 25 equal pay claims at employers across the UK 👏
November 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The Tories' catastrophic COVID incompetence cannot be repeated.

Care homes were turned into morgues while No 10 Downing Street partied the night away.

Lessons must be learned.
November 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM