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The Labour Party-affiliated GMB trade union has launched an investigation into allegations made against Tim Roache who resigned as general secretary on Tuesday. According to the updated statement, Roache has suffered from Myalgic…
Tim Roache resigned as general secretary of GMB today, the party-affiliated trade union has confirmed. He was first elected in 2015, and re-elected in November 2019 with 61% of votes cast in his favour against challenger Kathleen Walker…
The army of key workers in social care make up one of the largest low-paid workforces in the UK. Despite their essential role, over a million people work long shifts, performing emotionally and physically draining tasks, for poor wages…
The Unite Labour staff branch has declared that the primary focus of the independent investigation into the leaked internal report should be on the "alleged behaviour in the report and not an attack on whistleblowing". In a statement…
The GMB Labour Party staff branch has slammed the leaked internal review and said that it is "causing immense stress" for the workers named and a "deep sense of mistrust towards their employer". In a statement released today, the…
Jonathan Ashworth has urged the government to work closely with trade unions to make sure that frontline NHS and care workers get the personal protective equipment that they need during the coronavirus crisis. The intervention from Labour's…
The lack of coronavirus testing and personal protective equipment for frontline healthcare staff has been branded a "national scandal" as an increasing number of workers are having to self-isolate. In a call to government this afternoon…
GMB has warned that the care system is in danger of "total collapse" due to the coronavirus health crisis and has issued five demands to the government to support care workers. In a call made today, the trade union told the government that…
GMB Union broke the scandal of statutory sick pay amid the Covid-19 outbreak this week. We were able to make the link between ‘self-isolation’ and sick pay because we are organised. We got out before anyone else did because our members –…
In 2019, voters across Yorkshire, the Midlands and the North East of England turned in their droves against Labour. The result was devastating. In order to recover our lost votes, Labour needs to develop a new coalition of low and middle…
Two trade union representatives have been newly appointed to Labour's national executive committee in a shake-up following the departures of GMB's Sarah Owen and Unite the Union's Jim Kennedy. LabourList can exclusively reveal that Tom…
Large party-affiliated trade union GMB has nominated Lisa Nandy as its preferred choice in the Labour leadership contest – helping to broaden the field of candidates who get on the ballot paper. Announcing the fresh endorsement, GMB general…
