GMB Campaign At ASOS
GMB Union today call for Nick Beighton CEO of ASOS to be questioned by MP's The GMB Union have discovered yet more shocking working practices at the global online retail distrubution site ASOS in Barnsley.
Read moreGMB CONGRESS CALLS ON LEEDS CITY COUNCIL TO SAVE THE GREEN CARE HOME FROM CLOSURE
Delegates at GMB’s annual Congress in Bournemouth today heard of the plight of The Green Care Home in Leeds which is facing an uncertain future. Congress called upon Leeds City Council not to close the care home and displace the vulnerable residents.
Read moreGMB Congress 2016
500 delegates representing 641,000 GMB members from all parts of the UK and Ireland and from every sector meet to discuss the industrial, economic and political agenda of the GMB.
Read moreGMB Union Slams ASOS Over Plans To Increase CCTV Monitoring of staff
Employees at ASOS, the online clothing giant based in Barnsley, were briefed last month about the introduction of additional security measures across the site.
Read morePay Deal Agreed For GMB Members In Local Government And Schools
1.3 million council workers and school staff have taken the pragmatic decision to accept a two-year deal worth 2.4% on the pay bill.
Read moreFarewell Graham Benton
Senior organiser Graham Benton retires after 28 years’ service with GMB.
Read moreInternational Workers' Memorial Day
Today is International Workers’ Memorial Day - GMB offices across the region fell silent at 10.00am so that staff and activists could pay their respect to lost and injured workers. The ringing of a memorial bell, situated at each of our offices, signalled the start of a minutes silence.
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Read moreGMB Ballot Ambulance Staff Over Broken Promises By Jeremy Hunt
Ambulance staff cannot be expected to keep picking up the slack for government incompetence on promises to invest that they have failed to deliver says GMB.
Read moreGMB Supports Protest Against NHS Reforms In Leeds
GMB activists and staff joined with hundreds of other protestors, which included medical staff, other trade unions and members of the public when they marched through the centre of Leeds in protest against NHS reforms and funding changes.
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GMB ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION WORKERS' PROTEST IN SCOTLAND, WALES AND YORKSHIRE ON 7TH APRIL AGAINST UNDERCUTTING ON POWER STATION SITES
Unscrupulous construction companies are exploiting non UK workers at rates of pay as low as £7 per hour rather than paying £16.64 per hour under the relevant UK collective agreements says GMB.
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