All GMB offices in the region will be closed from 1pm on Friday 23 December 2022 and will reopen on the 4 January 2023.

For any urgent employment related issues please contact your local workplace representative or local branch. For any urgent legal matters please call UnionLine on 0300 333 0303.

We’d like to wish you and your families all the best for the festive season and a very happy and healthy New Year.

Ambulance staff overwhelmed by level of public backing, and we support them too, says GMB Union

Steve Barclay’s insulting comments about the nation’s NHS staff are wildly out of touch with reality and the people of our country, says GMB Union

True figure likely to be higher as reporting voluntary for NHS trusts, warns GMB Union

Public and ambulance workers deserve better, says GMB Union

More than 200 workers at a Newcastle energy company will walk out today [Monday] over a ‘miserly’ pay offer. 

Stagecoach makes huge profits as Sunderland’s drivers struggle in cost of living crisis, says GMB Union

Eleventh hour offer tabled by bosses.

No one in the health service takes strike action lightly – today shows just how desperate they are, says GMB Union 

Almost 100 Durham chemical workers will go on strike tomorrow [Wednesday 1 December] after ‘Grinch bosses’ cancelled their Christmas holidays.