Welcome to GMB
Welcome to GMB. We are a general trade union protecting people at work throughout the UK. With some 700,000 members, nearly 40% of whom are women, we represent workers in three broad sectors of the economy:
- Public services - especially local government and the health service
- Private services - especially retail distribution, airport services and the security industry.
- Private industry - especially engineering, food & drink, chemicals, building materials, clothing & textiles, and energy & utilities.
Latest Press Releases
- TUG Bulletin for week ending Thursday 9 March 2006
- Unions Seek To End Low Pay & Unequal Pay In Higher Education
- Average Hourly Pay In 81 Out of 204 UK Areas Below 90% Of UK Average Of £12.50 Per Hour
- Co-Op Funeral Care Workers To Be Consulted On Strike Action Over Merger Of Their Pensions Fund & Reduction In Pension Benefits
- GMB Accuse AA Of Speaking With "Forked Tongue" Over Refusal Of Breakdown Service To Member Who Died
- Union To Make Formal Complaints To OFCOM & City Of London Police On Channel 4 Programme The Heist
- Morrison Women Facing Sack in New Year Are Victims of Sex Discrimination Says GMB
- Worker Suspended For Thousands Of Pounds Of Accidental Damage To Ryanair Jet
- GMB Response To Government Announcement On Corporate Manslaughter Bill
- GMB Response To Rentokil Closure Of Pension Fund

