GMB Union

Wishing all Muslims in the GMB family, UK and Ireland a happy and peaceful Eid al-Adha. Eid Mubarak!

Wishing Jewish members of the GMB & the whole community across the UK and Ireland a very happy Shavuot 🎉 Chag Shavuot sameach!

The Government's new package of support for the ceramics sector is huge. This will make a massive difference for energy intensive sectors. Workers have a Government that listens.

BREAKING 🚨: Luxury fashion brand Net-A-Porter faces warehouse strike action 🪧 100 distribution workers will walk out after the company u-turned on a commitment to pay the London Living Wage 🙅

Thames Water workers have had two years of uncertainty. A short-term private sector fix will not cut it. Water needs long term stability to clean up the environment and guarantee jobs. We need to bring Thames Water back into public ownership.

On behalf of GMB, I want to express solidarity with our Jewish members and with the Jewish community. The horrific attacks in Golders Green are a stark reminder that the scourge of antisemitism is on the rise across Britain. We must do much more to confront and defeat it.

To our Jewish members, and to the wider Jewish community. We are thinking of you. A letter from our Regional Secretary, @WKennyGMB

The support staff who actually work in schools have spoken. Workload up. Wellbeing down. Pay at the top through the roof. 607 GMB London school support staff surveyed. 93% are against academisation.

Unions have long known Jingye will not negotiate in good faith. Nationalising British Steel is vital. British Steel is a nationally strategic asset - it matters that the Government is doing everything in its power to secure its future. We welcome this decisive intervention.

BREAKING 🚨: More than 6000 Evri workers to vote in pay ballot 👏 We are recommending workers reject the deal - which represents a paycut for some staff 📉

This #MayDay is the first with new rights: 😷 Sick pay from day one ✊ Repealed the Tory anti-union laws ⏰ End to zero-hours contracts 🙅‍♂️ Ban on fire and rehire 🍼 Improved paternity rights ✅ Boosted redundancy protections 🙌 And so much more Let’s keep building for more 👏

NEW 🚨: 12,000 children across South London face school closures as teaching assistants strike 🪧 Merton and Greenwich staff are missing out on up to £1000 a year - as they receive less London weighting than teachers 🙅

On Workers’ Memorial Day we pay tribute to the memory of those killed at work. GMB will always demand stronger laws, stronger regulators and stronger union rights to protect workers ✊ #IWMD26

BREAKING 🚨: Nestle announce 450 jobs will be slashed 🙅‍♂️ The majority of jobs will go in York and Gatwick, but factories across the UK could be affected 🍫

GMB WIN 🎉: Dartford refuse workers secure 10% pay rise 👏 Staff were set for strike action if bosses hadn’t improved their offer 🪧

PPE that doesn't fit isn't safe.  Employers where safety is paramount have already signed up to provide inclusive PPE - have you? Time to procure proper PPE. #PPEthatfits hsmsearch.com/news/up-to-250…

Wishing everyone celebrating a very happy Easter 🐣

Gary Smith has been re-elected unopposed as our General Secretary and Treasurer. He joined GMB at 16 as an apprentice in the gas industry and this is his second term of office, following his first election as the union’s leader in 2021. Congratulations Gary!

Wishing a very happy Passover to everyone celebrating Chag Pesach Sameach!

It is trans day of visibility - today and always we stand with the trans community 🏳️‍⚧️ #TransgenderDayofVisibility