Press Release

New Regional Secretary For London Region

Ed Blissett was chosen from a short list of five applicants all of whom work as Senior Organisers in the GMB.

As a GMB Senior Organiser, Ed Blissett has represented GMB members at all London's airports winning pay rises and improved working conditions for the many GMB members there. He also has vast experience in other private sector industries and companies. The GMB's public sector workers in Local Government and the National Health Service will also now come under his care as he takes over the top job in the London Region. It also hosts National Branches of the Sex Workers, Tatootists and Mini Cab Drivers.

GMB London Region has over 82,000 members in London, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire.

Ed Blissett, GMB London Region Secretary said, "I am so proud to have been appointed by the GMB London Regional Committee and endorsed by the whole Central Executive Council of the Union. It is my intention to continue the growth in membership and financial security that Paul Kenny has achieved during his term of office in London Region. GMB members are demanding that the union delivers on its job of looking after them at work. I and the GMB London Organisers will do exactly that."

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