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The head of GMB has warned there are just "72 hours to save workers' rights" in the EU referendum as the trade union highlights plans by leading Leave campaigners to scrap key protections such as a cap on weekly hours. As the EU campaign…
Mary Turner, GMB president, and George McNamara, head of policy and public affairs, Alzheimer’s Society This week’s GMB Congress saw delegates back plans for the union to campaign on dementia, holding their first ever Dementia Friends…
The average MP: a white man aged 51, whose previous job was, most likely, in politics. No matter how you look at it, British parliament isn’t representative and although we’re making glacial progress in some areas – not least gender and…
Who would you trust more - a politician or the person appointed to speak up on your behalf at work? That is the question which prompted ten trade union leaders to make a rare joint appeal to their members to vote for Britain to stay in the…
A new trade union initiative has been launched to help working class people into politics, and has been named in honour of former Labour MP Harry Harpham, who passed away in February. The GMB today officially launched the Harry Harpham…
The head of one of Britain’s largest trade unions today warned that Labour cannot afford to be “complacent” about the challenges it faces, and needs “practical policies” to succeed. Tim Roache, the recently elected GMB General Secretary…
Members of the GMB union have issued staunch backing for Jeremy Corbyn amid discontent from some Labour MPs over the Labour leader's performance. Delegates at GMB Congress called for "clear and unambiguous" support for Corbyn and voted in…
Ten trade union leaders have combined forces for a rare joint appeal to their collective membership to stay in the EU, saying Tories threaten workers' rights in the case of a Leave vote. Len McCluskey of Unite, the UK’s largest trade union…
On receiving diagnosis of a terminal illness most people would expect sympathy and support from their employer. Especially if you’d been a long serving, hardworking employee. The last thing most people would expect is to be forced from…
Trade unions have reacted with relief after a deal was agreed to save up to 4,400 jobs at the Tata Steel plant in Scunthorpe. GMB said members deserved credit for two years of "pure determination" after multinational Tata sold the Long…
Business Secretary Sajid Javid was treated to a series of lavish hospitality events in Britain and abroad last year at the same time as thousands of steel workers were losing their jobs. Javid flew out to India to meet Tata Steel bosses…
The Labour campaign to stay in the EU has been handed a boost after one of Britain’s biggest unions confirmed it will campaign for a Remain vote in the forthcoming referendum. The union will not formally set out its position until the…
