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Tower Hamlets schools branded 'unsafe' due to scale of injuries…

GMB blasts teachers' union over recruitment of school support…

‘Momentous’ Sizewell C decision vital for UK to hit net zero

OFWAT 'not fit for purpose', GMB Congress hears

GMB London Region welcomes Government's reversal on winter fuel…

East of England NHS Trusts fork out at least £127 million a year…

London NHS Trusts fork out at least £63 million a year to private…

Union considers legal action against TfL over licencing delays

Bladder Cancer Register established to find victims of workplace…

Too many people develop bladder cancer ‘simply because they were doing their job’ says GMB Union

Octopus Energy accused of contract breaches and 'hostile' conditions

Islington nursery worker subjected to 'cruel and insensitive'…

City of London stalls on future of 'much-loved' early years'…

75 per cent of respondents to a consultation on the future of Aldgate School Children’s Centre want the…

Brink's staff vote to strike over pay row

Up to a thousand school staff at risk of redundancy in Norfolk

Schools must stop ‘picking the pockets’ of the lowest paid staff, says GMB Union

Protest at Barnet Council meeting over unresolved equal pay claim

Barnet Council is in denial about their equal pay liability and putting council services at risk, say…

TfL urged to deliver ‘a more sustainable industry’ for taxi and…

Brink's staff balloted for strike action

TfL private hire licensing system 'not fit for purpose'

Bedford emergency call centre closure 'a potential threat to…

Pay dispute ends at Peterborough Council

Accepted offer will see 3.6 per cent rise in workers’ pay for the year 2024 - 2025

East of England Ambulance Service cuts 21 frontline ambulances

Temporary licences for private hire drivers 'welcome progress'…

Foreign Office security guards secure pay award

‘Damaging’ school merger risks cuts to funding and jobs

The schools targeted for a merger – Harefield Infants and Harefield Juniors – are set to lose almost…

Strike action begins at Tower Hamlets primary school over staff…

25 per cent of teaching assistants will lose their jobs while the workload remains the same, sparking…

GMB London Region responds to proposed welfare cuts

Barnet faces bill of tens of millions in London's first council…

Mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting consultation a 'step towards…

Staff protest outside BMA as pay row escalates

GMB Parliamentary Staff Branch urges Reform UK to 'commit to…

‘Smash the stigma’ around menstruation and menopause for women…

GMB Union and dnata have teamed up to ‘smash the stigma’ and ensure women have ‘comfort and dignity’…

Peterborough Council considers insourcing vital services following…

Outsourcing of Old Bailey cleaners paused after GMB Union campaign

GMB Union wins a reprieve for Old Bailey cleaners who were due to be outsourced and urges the City of…

Bedford emergency call centre remains open after campaign by…

GMB Union welcomes the reprieve for Bedford Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) but warns that the East…

Thames Water 'rewarded for years of mismanagement' with £3 billion…

Thames Water bailout will ‘rack up more debt’ to pass on to consumers says GMB Union

Harlow MP and GMB Union support Essex Bidfood workers facing…

Strike ballot opens at Tower Hamlets school over planned job…

More than 20 per cent of teaching assistants at St Luke’s Church of England Primary School face redundancy,…

Outsourced Peterborough Council workers reject ‘heartbreaking’…

Roses are red, violets are blue, pay our members properly, or they’ll walk out on you.

Amazon faces employment tribunal fight as GMB member makes unfair…

Amazon has a track record of intimidating members involved with trade unions says GMB Union.

Billingsgate Market cleaning staff to be outsourced

The City of London Corporation’s decision to transfer cleaning roles to a private company comes just…

Heathrow third runway will create "thousands of good jobs"

BMA in dispute with staff over lack of recognition

GMB Union accuses BMA of having “forgotten its principles” regarding the treatment of staff and warns…

GMB Union honours the contribution and service of Graham Hayden

GMB Union welcomes reprieve for early years day care in City…

The decision to keep the early years day care service at the Aldgate School Children’s Centre will save…

Cleaning staff at the Old Bailey to be outsourced, sparking job…

GMB members ‘distressed’ and ‘anxious’ about the decision to transfer their roles to a private company,…

Unite staff across head office begin vote on strike action

GMB members in Unite rightly furious about the treatment of their colleagues in the BDSU.

GMB London Region welcomes government decision on gas boilers

GMB energy workers celebrate a major step forward in securing a just transition to renewable energy.

Pregnant care worker secures paid medical leave with GMB Union…

Unite the Union head office staff to be balloted for strike action

An indicative ballot of GMB members in Unite’s head office saw over 90% of participants vote in favour…

Christmas miracle needed to prevent strikes as Peterborough Council…

Without a better deal, strike action looks likely in the New Year, warns GMB Union.

Essex school support staff job losses would be 'devastating'…

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…

Outsourced Peterborough Council workers reject 'turkey' of a…

‘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…

Strike at Unite begins over 'toxic bullying culture'

Workers have started a four-day strike to challenge ‘bullying’ and ‘victimisation’, despite attempts…

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:…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Community bench installed in memory of Gary Doolan

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

£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…

GMB London’s RCN Branch awarded Congress 2024 Award

GMB London Region’s RCN’s Branch awarded Congress Health and Safety Branch Workplace of the Year 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…

OFWAT has failed - we need a new regulator, GMB Congress agrees

Water boss bonuses must reflect performance, GMB’s Annual Congress in Bournemouth hears 

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…

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.

GMB Union welcomes recognition with Trans Rights charity

GMB has signed a Recognition Agreement with Gendered Intelligence, one of Britain’s leading Trans Support…

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,…

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…

Industrial action to hit specialist utilities pipework company

GMB Members at Crane Building Services and Utilities have voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking industrial…

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…

Specialist engineering factory faces disruption to production…

GMB launched a ballot for industrial action yesterday at Crane Building Services and Utilities based…

Strike dates announced at TSSA Union

New revelations of financial mismanagement also emerge, GMB Union says

TSSA union staff vote for strike action

Staff working for the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association have voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking…

Staff at rail union TSSA balloted for strike action

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…

Mind the ethnicity pay gap

A London council became the first to call for better reporting of the ethnicity pay gap.

Morrisons, Aldi and Waitrose ready-meal makers slash hundreds…

GMB will fight tooth and nail for workers to be paid every penny they are due

Regent's Park Gardeners Win Dispute After Historic Strike

Award-winning gardeners win same pay as workers in other parks, says GMB Union

Recognition win at Lampton Group in LB Hounslow

The GMB trade union has signed a recognition agreement with Lampton Group, the London Borough of Hounslow’s…

ASDA faces strike vote at three more stores

Asda workers will begin a vote on strike action at three more stores, GMB warned today [Wednesday] This…

Award winning gardeners at Regents Park to strike

Members will walk out on Thursday 1st February for 24 hours. The dispute is over skilled gardeners at…

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…

Evri couriers accept a bumper pay increase

Evri couriers accept bumper 13 per cent pay increase that recognises couriers' worth

Heathrow workers hammered by 200 per cent parking fee hike

Workers in tears over cost fears

Union Attack Poor Pay Offer from Peterborough Limited

London School Staff 'Weighting for Change' Campaign put in Motion…

London Assembly Members back GMB's 'Weighting for Change' campaign to tackle the unfairness in how some…

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…

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…

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…

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'.

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

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…

Redundancy for 80 Banbury DHL staff forced through at speed without…

DHL’s actions are immoral, unethical and disrespectful, says GMB Union

GMB members left feeling ‘totally worthless and humiliated’ after…

Social housing giant slammed for ‘strike breaking’ as workers…

Sainsburys, Tesco and Waitrose among many supermarkets set to…

GMB has secured a strong mandate for Industrial action.

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…

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…

Stansted’s greedy car service operator is ‘crushing’ drivers…

DHL workers in Banbury win ‘bumper’ pay deal

Deal is testament to partnership enjoyed with DHL, says GMB Union

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.

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…

Pay victory for striking parking enforcers in Kensington and…

Heroic 19-Day strike action results in pay victory for NSL Workers

Thames water collapse show industry is 'house of cards'

ULEZ Expansion will hit hard-pressed Londoners, GMB Congress…

ULEZ nothing but a stealth tax, GMB delegates are told.

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

Women's teams deserve equal FA cup prize money

Women's teams deserve equal FA cup prize money

Ofsted needs major overhaul

GMB Congress celebrates the 75th Anniversary of Windrush but…

GMB Congress heard that three years after recommendations made in the Williams report, the government…

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…

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…

Miscarriages must be included in parental bereavement leave,…

Toilets for taxi drivers and transport workers ‘basic human right’…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

London’s major tourist attractions face strike action

Many of London’s major tourist attractions including Tower Bridge, the Barbican and Hampstead Heath face…

Mercedes Customer Service Breakdown

Undiagnosed fault with car causes private hire driver two years of frustration and anxiety, loss of earnings,…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

A joint statement from GMB and TSSA unions

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…

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…

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)…

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…

GMB Demands Rethink on City Congestion Zone

The proposal to implement a congestion charge around Cambridge has been met with heavy criticism from…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Struggling with increasing costs, St Albans and Harpenden Taxi…

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’…

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…

Canning Town Library Plaque Long Overdue

Newham Council last night approved the mounting of a roundel plaque on the side of Canning Town Library…

GMB London call on Mayor to end practices that undermine and…

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…

London Ambulance Service faces strike vote

Ballot dates will be announced in the coming days

GMB Union puts faith in new branch

One of Britain’s largest trade unions has launched a new branch aimed at Jewish faith workers.

GMB members in Greener Ealing Ltd vote on the long overdue pay…

Westminster Council must save historic gas lamps - GMB

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…

Evri deliver blow to single mum who dared to complain

Evri courier loses her job after challenging her manager about unpaid work

London refuse workers denied public holiday to mourn the Queen

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…

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,…

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…

Waltham Forest refuse workers’ dispute continues

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…

Ealing Council’s failure to properly fund contract could lead…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

GMB London call on Sadiq Khan to tell One Housing to stop second…

One Housing must accept the overwhelming 2020 vote against demolition 

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…

GMB London welcomes go-ahead for Sizewell C new Nuclear Power…

GMB London welcomes go-ahead for Sizewell C new Nuclear Power Station 

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…

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…

UEFA Women’s Euros - Women and Men's teams deserve equal prize…

GMB Refuse workers at Hammersmith and Fulham council unanimously…

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…

Cayley Primary School in Tower Hamlets’ management rejects staff's…

Exposed: Teaching assistants earning below minimum wage

"We need a London Living Wage” Aviation staff tell GMB Congress

Aviation and detention workers union, GMB call on Privilege Style…

GMB Activists vow to stamp out antisemitism in the movement

GMB London Grenfell campaigners stage action calling for justice…

COST OF LIVING: 1 IN 3 London Teaching Assistants Turning to…

GMB takes HM coastguard to court over workers' rights

GMB backs calls for antisemites to face ‘full force of the law’

London bus drivers forced to wee in bushes and bottles due to…

Cost of living in London: 1 in 3 London Teaching Assistants turning…

More air travel misery ahead as severe disruption could hit Ryanair…

No 10 is still not a living wage employer

NHS core values include ‘Respect and Dignity, Everyone Counts’…

Camden and Westminster Veolia refuse workers rally to send message…

Thousands of Securitas workers now protected by domestic abuse…

Sushi maker loses tips of fingers in accident then 'sent to hospital…

Workers resident in St Albans and Maldon top the East of England…

Workers resident in Kensington & Chelsea and Wandsworth top London…

GMB London slams Asda for instructing management to discipline…

Zero tolerance needed on fly-tipping in London as GMB study shows…

Zero tolerance needed on fly-tipping in East of England as GMB…

GMB London warn Royal Parks that inflation has to be factored…

National Education Union staff prepared to take strike action…

GMB London protest on Wednesday 23 March outside Decathlon Wandsworth…

NHS staff to protest in central London on Tuesday 22nd March…

NHS running out of fuel fast

GMB and Evri (formerly Hermes UK) announce ‘breakthrough’ pension…

Angry GMB members driving HGVs for Wincanton Co-op Cardinal are…

GMB London nominated five Food Banks to receive a donation of…

1300 Heathrow workers win London Living Wage pay boost after…

33 London boroughs must step up efforts to collect the £752m…

45 East of England councils must step up efforts to collect the…

£2.8 million costs to taxpayers on 63 non-disclosure agreements…

GMB call on the government to shift £10 per week ‘green’ levies…

GMB London welcomes government investment of further £100m and…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Roof falls in on pay for Wincanton Monier drivers after a miserly…

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…

Islington Council guilty of unfair dismissal of disabled worker…

If Islington Council made reasonable adjustments and explored our members request and advise from their…

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…

NJC Indicative Ballot Opens Today

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…

Strike action threatened by waste collection workers in Central…

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…

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

GMB Union’s King’s Lynn branch presented King's Lynn Town Football…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Over 80% of teaching assistants would feel safer if CO2 monitors…

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…

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…

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

MPs must wear masks to protect Parliamentary Staff, Unions tell…

GMB backs call for TfL face coverings to remain compulsory

Grieving caretaker ‘callously’ sacked by council after 24 years…

Hundreds sign petition after much-loved council workers dismissed after life time service to the borough

Income tax cuts should offset increase in green taxes to £15…

GMB London calls on government for 50% hike to £15 per week in green taxes to be offset with equivalent…

Civil Aviation Authority regulations heap more misery on Heathrow…

GMB London is appalled at Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) using Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to again…

East of England councils must 'up their game' on fly tipping

Zero tolerance needed on fly tipping and councils must ‘up their game’ as GMB study shows too few actions…

GMB holding a consultative Ballot at Yodel, Hatfield over DAP,…

GMB slams Yodel for disparity of pay and conditions and failure to negotiate with the union.

Bexley, Barking and Dagenham, Bromley, Kingston and Harrow Councils…

The Government is ignoring and failing to protect the Aviation…

Government’s decision to delay easing of lockdown and not extend furlough after September will further…

It is only right that local people and key services are consulted…

GMB calls on government to save our buses and bus routes

GMB calls upon the Government to urgently address the growing funding gaps facing local services in the…

NHS and care staff must have free parking at work, GMB Congress…

Matt Hancock cannot ignore needs of health workers forever, says GMB Union

Justice for GMB workplace reps

GMB is appalled to see some Labour Councils using flimsy catch-all accusations of so-called breaches…

Union role essential for enforcement of workers rights

GMB London call for union role in enforcement of National Minimum Wage and other rights as government…

GMB supports the #WidenWindrush campaign

GMB supports the #WidenWindrush campaign to win an amendment to the Windrush Scheme to provide a route…

GMB London calls for government not to ignore the seriousness…

GMB Congress backs campaign for decisive government action to remove dangerous claddings from buildings…

Inequalities in society that cannot be ignored must have a public…

GMB supports the call for a public inquiry into the disproportionate deaths from Covid in BAME communities

GMB London call on Government to provide a rescue package for…

GMB call for the Government to stop dithering and recognise the damaging effects the collapse of the…

Uber and GMB strike historic union deal for 70,000 UK drivers

11 of the top 20 areas with high child poverty are in London…

GMB London call for more council homes at real affordable rents and action on pay and benefits to end…

Government must use Subsidy Control Bill to link subsidies for…

Planning delays for East Anglia offshore wind farms announced as GMB campaigns for fair share of 30,000…

GMB London signs recognition agreement with leading London charity,…

GMB London is proud to announce that it has signed a recognition agreement with Gendered Intelligence,…

East of England must get fair share of 30,000 new fabrication…

GMB Campaign for East of England to get a fair share of 30,000 new steel fabrication jobs to build 8,000…

Thurrock GMB members vote to enter into a formal dispute.

Following a consultative ballot of GMB London members employed by Thurrock Council as care workers, it…

Residents of Camden estate have made their views clear on redevelopment

GMB London Region supports the residents of Gilbeys Yard & Juniper Crescent in Camden Town in their campaign…

Addison Lee latest gig economy employer to fall in workers’ rights…

Addison Lee had ample opportunity to do the right thing but instead chose to argue the impossible, says…

GMB London slams Thurrock Council for proposed cuts to pay of…

GMB London Region members will be holding demonstrations throughout Thurrock to protest against the brutal…

British Gas mass sackings and 43rd strike day on Wednesday 14…

British Gas 14 April 43rd Day of strike action to coincide with mass sackings of engineers who refused…

GMB London campaign against £928.26 rise in Heathrow car park…

Heathrow Ltd have imposed the rise in their car parking charges for employees to go to work at the Airport…

GMB London Key Worker members celebrate as Imperial Trust brings…

After a one-year trial by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, GMB London members have successfully…

Government cuts to school’s budget is taking a disproportionate…

GMB London call on the London Borough of Ealing to halt the potential 21 job losses announced at Hobbayne…

GMB London call for Unions to be given role in enforcing National…

GMB London welcome new rates for National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage from April 2021 and call…

British Gas engineers to strike on 14 April, the new date they…

GMB members at British Gas to strike on 14 April: new date for mass sackings of engineers not accepting…

British Gas strike days 39/42 from Friday 26 March as official…

GMB British Gas strike days 39 to 42 on 26 to 29 March as April 1st mass sackings and lockout dispute…

Workers must have adequate legal protection against the array…

Hugh gaps in British law to fill over the use of AI at work says GMB London

GMB Executive to consider official national lockout dispute with…

Official GMB national lockout dispute looms unless British Gas pull back from 1st April mass sacking…

British Gas engineers in deadlocked national dispute over a 15%…

British Gas Strike days 35/38 from 19 to 22 March as workers say imposed changes risk increased dangers…

The BBC has a duty to provide in-depth and ongoing coverage of…

British Gas strikers tell BBC that it has a duty to provide the public with ongoing and in-depth coverage…

Gas and electrical engineers will be on strike again from tomorrow…

British Gas engineers strike days 31 to 34 Friday 12 To Monday 15 March as part of further 12 days to…

GMB London slams Thurrock Council for proposals that represent…

The GMB London slams Thurrock Council for plans to cut workers’ pay and conditions

British Gas engineers reject revised offer and go ahead with…

GMB London Gas engineers strike days 27 to 30 go ahead on March 5th after members overwhelmingly reject…

GMB London applauds West Herts NHS Trust for reinstating full…

GMB London Region welcome securing full pay for Covid related absence for Mitie contractor staff working…

Yodel workers short-changed

GMB London backs members as Yodel faces employment tribunal over thousands of pounds withheld from workers

British Gas strike days 23 to 26 go ahead as parent company Centrica…

GMB London members in British Gas strike days 23 to 26 go ahead as talks falter at Acas over refusal…

Hope for Addison Lee drivers and many more workers in the gig…

GMB celebrates a massive win for workers in the gig economy as a four-year battle with Uber saw the Supreme…

Strike days 19 to 22 will go ahead at British Gas after talks…

GMB London members in British Gas strike days 19 to 22 go ahead as talks falter at Acas over refusal…

GMB London jubilant after Supreme Court’s decision

After four court wins in four years, Judges ruled in GMB's favour - again

Mayhew’s heartless lack of concern for the well-being of experienced…

GMB condemns Corporation of London finance chief for telling staff to “buck up”

GMB responds to Government's call for evidence for consideration…

GMB London yesterday submitted evidence to the Transport Committee’s enquiry on consideration for the…

GMB await the Supreme Court’s decision on recognition of Uber…

Tomorrow one of the most important outcomes for the Gig economy will be delivered when we hear the outcome…

Your union is here for you

Coronavirus poses an exceptional threat to all of us and we would like to take the opportunity to reassure…

12 more days to follow day 16 strike today at British Gas

British Gas engineers strike day 16 today to be followed by 12 new strike dates as GMB executive determines…

Nearly a year on and social distancing is still a problem at…

GMB reps and members working at Heathrow Airport have provided photographic evidence of just how bad…

Dodgy legal advice led to strikes, British Gas CEO tells Parliament

Dodgy legal advice in July to blame for ongoing strikes and breakdown in industrial relations and trust…

GMB announce new four-day strike from Friday 5th February

New four days more strike dates at British Gas from Friday 5 February after twelve strike days in deadlocked…

British Gas is accused of lying about the ‘fire and rehire’ notices

London and East of England Gas Engineers new four-day strike tomorrow Friday 29th Jan as British Gas…

GMB London help Harrow Council to circulate information about…

Working with Harrow Council, GMB London has started to send out advice on Harrow’s four rapid outcome…

Reckless British Gas leave more than 150,000 homes waiting for…

London and East of England gas engineers 8th day of strike as backlog for services grow at treble the…

GMB London Gas members burn "fire and rehire" notice in act of…

London British Gas workers burn "fire and rehire" notices as national strike enters the seventh day

Serco state pandemic is not an ‘Extenuating Circumstance’

SERCO who provide refuse/street cleansing services for the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham is…

Slash to jobs at Heathrow that will jeopardise the health and…

There are serious concerns over health and safety as Heathrow Airport contractor for British Airways…

GMB backs Brent’s rapid testing for transport, logistics and…

Working with Brent Council GMB London has started to send out advice on Brent’s nine rapid outcome Covid…

School Support Staff have the right to feel safe at work

School Support Staff being encouraged not to self isolate says GMB London

Employers in East of England named and shamed for not paying…

GMB London call for Unions to have role in National Minimum Wage Enforcement as 12 employers in East…

Employers in London named and shamed for not paying National…

GMB London call for Unions to have role in National Minimum Wage Enforcement as 16 employers in London…

NATIONAL FIVE DAY STRIKE BY GMB MEMBERS AT BRITISH GAS BEGINS…

Loyal workers have been provoked into this strike by CEO of profitable company and now they will make…

GMB London Region welcomes Milton Keynes Council’s adoption of…

GMB London Region welcomes the decision by Labour-led Milton Keynes Council to formally implement better…

The British public should ask why the CEO of a company that made…

GMB London call on the public to ask why British Gas boss is provoking engineers’ national strike in…

GMB presented the Scrooge of the Year Award 2020 to Mr O'Shea

GMB'S Scrooge of the Year is British Gas boss Mr O'Shea who stands to scoop £300k win from cutting pay…

GMB members working in schools encounter children with no food…

GMB London has learnt that the free school meals offered by London Borough of Newham face the axe because…

GMB London delighted to help TfL with the distribution of PPE…

GMB London will be working in collaboration with Transport for London (TfL) with the distribution of…

New wind farms supply chain in East of England could revitalise…

GMB call on councils, employers and further education providers to join lobby for wind turbines fabrication…

Chartwells, part of the Compass Group UK, needs to re-think its…

Chartwells, providers of catering and food in the education sector, makes claims about how its employees…

GMB WELCOMES TOP COURT’S DECISION TO GIVE HEATHROW EXPANSION…

Heathrow Expansion Supreme Court ruling - much needed good news…

Judgement day as The Supreme Court announces their ruling on the Heathrow 3rd Runway appeal Wednesday…

GMB London call for explanation why CC Committee’s figure to…

GMB London call on Climate Change Committee to explain why £10,000 costs per household to replace gas…

Edwardian May Fair Hotel Union Dispute Continues

GMB London will continue to hold protests against the Edwardian Hotels over the hotel telling its furlough…

It’s not a season of goodwill at Bakkavor Meals London

No season of goodwill at Bakkavor Meals London as Company withdraw £30 Christmas bonus to staff.

GMB London welcomes TfL initiative to protect Taxi and Private…

GMB London welcomes the initiative by Transport for London (TfL) to support the Taxi and Private Hire…

GMB London support socially distanced protest at Royal Brompton…

GMB London support socially distanced protest on 14 December at Royal Brompton Hospital board meeting…

Exciting beginning for members at Heathrow employed by Wilson…

GMB LONDON WELCOME UNION RIGHTS AND BARGAINING AGREEMENT WITH WILSON JAMES ON MOBILITY CONTRACT AT ALL…

Save free and discounted travel for Heathrow Airport staff

From January 1, 2021 staff will incur an additional cost of £3 per day just to get to work and this comes…

Oppose closure of Tower Hamlets day centres

The Council is in effect putting the most vulnerable members of society at risk for a small short term…

GMB London call for top up pay for Barbican furloughed staff

By not topping up pay to the London living wage, which it can afford, the City has thrown its lowest…

Swissport slammed for not furloughing 150 staff at Stansted facing…

Swissport face having turned down the chance to do the right thing leaving staff facing an Christmas…

GMB London welcome 70 Heathrow cabin cleaning jobs saved as redundancy…

Aviation has been hit hard by the public health emergency and this Government has been far too slow to…

GMB London welcomes Hackney Council’s decision to bring parking…

Baxter Storey at Heathrow preserve over 500 jobs

Heathrow Airport redundancy reprieve for hundreds of Hospitality workers

GMB London welcomes the decision by Arsenal Football Club to…

GMB London welcomes the decision by Arsenal Football Club to sign a GMB London welcomes the decision…

GMB welcome the increase of the Living Wage to £10.85 an hour…

GMB announces new Acting General Secretary

GMB London warns Heathrow to be ready for the return of the passengers…

BEIS consultation on how to pay subsidies for biomethane closes…

GMB London welcome Sizewell new nuclear go ahead

GMB London welcome report that government will give the go ahead next week to new nuclear power station…

Edwardian Hotels in the Firing Line over Holiday Dispute

GMB London have concerns with the Edwardian Mayfair Hotel in Mayfair Central London over staff told to…

GMB slams Conservative Congestion Charge Catastrophe

GMB London condemns Boris Johnson’s strict terms for a lifeline to maintain London’s transport system…

GMB London welcomes new bill to break the secrecy of pay discrimination

GMB London welcomes the introduction by Stella Creasy, MP for Walthamstow of her Equal Pay Implementation…

GMB London welcomes the commitment shown by Ealing Council in…

The incidence of domestic abuse has increased greatly since March 2020 when the lockdown began.

ActiveNewham using Job Support Scheme to bring in detrimental…

GMB London has recently been informed that leisure trust ActiveNewham is currently using the Job Support…

The Civil Aviation Authority refuse HAL’s plea for extra £1.7bn…

GMB London has learnt that in July Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) submitted a request for an additional…

GMB London has previously warned TFL that their lack of driver…

GMB London has previously warned TFL that it should hold the information on private hire drivers and…

GMB London supports Heathrow expansion to help kick start the…

GMB London will today be supporting Back Heathrow’s appeal at the Supreme Court over its plan for expansion…

CQC Report - Vindication for GMB Ambulance members at EEAST

Vindication for GMB Ambulance members as CQC report slams ‘negative culture, where bullying was normalised’…

GMB call on government to change enforcement of national minimum…

GMB call on government to change enforcement of national minimum wage after Boohoo internal report exposes…

Time is running out to save airport communities

GMB London and Back Heathrow campaign calls for decisive action by the government to save the aviation…

GMB London welcomes unanimous vote at RBKC Council opposing the…

House of Commons refuses to implement Government COVID measures

Uber has stopped at nothing to keep its London license, says…