Press Releases

TUG Bulletin for week ending Thursday 9 March 2006
9 Mar 2006

Unions Seek To End Low Pay & Unequal Pay In Higher Education
11 Jan 2006

Average Hourly Pay In 81 Out of 204 UK Areas Below 90% Of UK Average Of £12.50 Per Hour
10 Jan 2006

Union To Make Formal Complaints To OFCOM & City Of London Police On Channel 4 Programme The Heist
5 Jan 2006

GMB Accuse AA Of Speaking With "Forked Tongue" Over Refusal Of Breakdown Service To Member Who Died
5 Jan 2006

Co-Op Funeral Care Workers To Be Consulted On Strike Action Over Merger Of Their Pensions Fund & Reduction In Pension Benefits
5 Jan 2006

Morrison Women Facing Sack in New Year Are Victims of Sex Discrimination Says GMB
22 Dec 2005

Worker Suspended For Thousands Of Pounds Of Accidental Damage To Ryanair Jet
22 Dec 2005
GMB blames Ryanair’s 25 minute turnaround time for putting pressure on ramp staff to cut corners

GMB Response To Rentokil Closure Of Pension Fund
20 Dec 2005

GMB Welcomes ASDA's Christmas Change Of Heart Over £3 Sacking
20 Dec 2005
GMB welcomed ASDA’s decision to re-instate sacked ASDA Yarmouth catering assistant Fran Edwards who was dismissed for having £3 in change in her pocket while on the shop floor earlier this month.

GMB Response To Government Announcement On Corporate Manslaughter Bill
20 Dec 2005

Men In Orkney Islands Work Longest Average Hours In UK
19 Dec 2005
AA accused by GMB of abusing EU hours opt out with excessive hours for patrol staff.

Statement By British Gas Services & GMB On The Proposed Settlement To The Pensions Dispute For Gas Engineers
19 Dec 2005
British Gas Services and GMB have reached an agreement under ACAS auspices over pension arrangements for the company’s engineers.

GMB Talks At ACAS With British Gas Update
16 Dec 2005

GMB Steps In To Pay For Christmas Party For Threatened Disabled Crosfield Workers As Scrooge Council Makes Further Cuts
16 Dec 2005
The cutting of the funding to the Crosfield Industries specialist work programme in Imperial Way, Croydon is not the end of Croydon Council cuts for the Crosfield employees who work there for a living.

Billy Bragg - Hope not Hate Tour In Support of UK's anti-Fascists
15 Dec 2005
Billy Bragg embarks on the HOPE NOT HATE tour in April 2006, a special series of concerts in support of three of the UK's leading anti-Fascist organizations -- Unite, Love Music Hate Racism and Searchlight and leading trades unions including GMB - in the lead-up to the important May local council elections.

Last Ditch Talks Tonight To Avert T5 Strike Action
14 Dec 2005
Heathrow Terminal 5 Picket Lines on Strike Action Days in Bonus Dispute.

ASDA Worker Sacked For Having Her Own £3 In Her Pocket On The Shop Floor - GMB Demands She Is Reinstated
14 Dec 2005
GMB is demanding the immediate reinstatement of ASDA worker Fran Edwards following her summary dismissal for having £3 in change in her pocket while on the shop floor earlier this month.

GMB Rejects Turner Report Proposal To Extend Retirement Age To 67
30 Nov 2005

GMB Members vote to reject Sunderland City Council's Single Status Proposals
8 Nov 2005
GMB, the North's largest trade union today announced that 89.4% of its members at Sunderland City Council have voted to reject the Council's proposals to implement single status across the council.

Morrison Women Facing Sack on Christmas Eve Are Victims of Sex Discrimination Says GMB
8 Nov 2005
GMB threatens strike action or litigation to stop sex discrimination

No Trade Union - No Fair-Trade Certificate for Producers Says GMB
8 Nov 2005
GMB Full Time Official, Bert Schouwenburg has become the first trade unionist appointed to the board of the Fairtrade Foundation.

GMB Scoops Top Award At National Career Awards
8 Nov 2005
Union Receives Second Commendation for ‘Reaching Out to New Communities’ Project

GMB Demands Effective Licensing For Killer Gangmaster Trade Or Will Walk Out On Process
25 Oct 2005
GMB fears that government plans to water down the licensing proposals for gangmaster registration could lead to another Morecombe Bay tragedy instead of preventing it.

Sofra Restaurant Demonstration Wednesday 14th September
13 Sep 2005
The GMB, Britain’s General Union, is holding a protest against the Turkish restaurant chain, Sofra on Wednesday 14th September.

Medway Queen to Receive Dunkirk Plaque
13 Sep 2005
The paddle steamer The Medway Queen will be presented with the ‘Dunkirk Plaque’ on Thursday 22nd September.

Over 5 Million UK Workers Receive Child Tax Credit/ Working Tax Credits
13 Sep 2005
GMB calls at TUC Congress for ‘amnesty’ on the over-payments fiasco

Strike Looms At Gala Casinos In London
13 Sep 2005
GMB members working at Gala’s five London casinos have rejected a pay offer of 2.25% backdated to April by 87.82% union members had already a reject a 2% offer.. An unofficial consultative ballot for strike action has returned a result of 90% of union members in favour of taking industrial action.

Dispute Looms As GMB Publish Secret Morrisons Document That Identifies Closure Of Aylesford, Bristol And Warrington Depots
12 Sep 2005
GMB today published at TUC Congress in Brighton the Morrisons internal secret document that reveals their plans to shut the distribution depots at Alyesford Kent, Bristol and Warrington in Cheshire. The document is dated 12th July 2005.

New Regional Secretary For London Region
12 Sep 2005
GMB Central Executive Council (CEC) meeting in Brighton yesterday, prior at TUC Congress, endorsed Ed Blissett as the new GMB London Regional Secretary. Mr Blissett succeeds Paul Kenny who was appointed as GMB Acting General Secretary in June 2005.