New charter will increase safety while taking welfare and living standards of drivers into full account, says GMB Union....

Council commits to the ending ‘task and time’ which sees some carers paid less than minimum wage....

Refuse collectors working at Veolia Environmental services have been forced to take second jobs just so they can afford to feed their families, says GMB Union.   ...

Chancellor and Prime Minister do nothing – hamstrung by their own squabbles says GMB Union ...

The GMB Union, Yorkshire’s trade union for taxi and private hire drivers, has reached an agreement with Wakefield Council to build a new consultation framework for drivers, that will enable both the trade and the Council to review all licensing policy and improve services across the City.  ...

GMB has launched an indicative ballot for industrial action at Calderdale Council.  The ballot will cover workers in Green Spaces, Street Scene, Transport and Community Protection, and is in response to members’ concerns that their GMB rep is being bullied by management....

Wakefield is a must win by-election for the Labour party, a win will further reduce the Tories Parliamentary majority preventing further attacks on working people. The GMB has a proud tradition of campaigning across Yorkshire, and we will do our part in the upcoming by-election to ensure a Labour victory. This afternoon we concluded interviews on who to endorse as part of the upcoming selection for Labour candidate in Wakefield. Both candidates performed well but we have on this occasion decided not to endorse a candidate. We wish the candidates well in the upcoming selection and look forward to campaigning for a Labour victory in the upcoming by-election. ...

GMB Union members have been campaigning hard to get Asda bosses to deliver...

The team from GMB were outside an Asda store on Chaucer Road in Sheffield today as part of a National Day of Action, to show support for Asda workers and to raise awareness with shoppers and the public of the current equal pay dispute with the giant retailer....

Outsourcers ISS appear to be nothing more than private profiteers leaching from our NHS, says GMB Union ...

Bias is defined as inclination or prejudices for and against one person or group, especially in a way considered unfair. To effectively break the bias we must, initially, recognise and accept that bias exists within society and across socio- economic and cultural platforms, and in many different forms. ...

Valeo Confectionery Ltd supply products to Marks and Spencer.  Sadly, workers who make these products at Valeo have been subject to threats of ‘fire and rehire’ to impose poorer terms and conditions on their workers...

Striking Fox’s Glacier Mint workers are set to stage a mass protest today telling bosses to drop their fire and rehire threat. ...

All we want is a decent rate of pay that we can live on, GMB members say.  ...

Tory backbenchers may fall for his fluffy words, but working people know a false politician’s promise when they hear it, says GMB Union...

Although its late in the day, we have worked with our Councils and can confirm that agreement has been reached with Leeds CC as well as Kirklees and Wakefield, that we believe meets our campaign objectives regarding their licensing policies and our GMB fair licensing charter....

Workers at sweet producer Valeo, manufacturer of Poppets, Fox’s Glacier Mints, and own-brand sweets on behalf of some of the UK's biggest supermarkets - will push the button to stop production on Monday as they down tools in a bitter dispute with management. ...

Frontline workers employed by ISS at Calderdale Royal Hospital held a demonstration outside the hospital last Saturday, calling for an end to the poverty wages they are paid by the NHS contractor....

GMB activists were outside the gates of Fox’s mint makers, Valeo, in York on Wednesday, speaking to the night shift about the strike action set to start on the 21 March.  ...

GMB Union calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities and withdrawal of invading Russian forces. ...