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18 March 2020
Workers at Lewisham coronavirus hospital walk out after not being paid
"Infected patients are now being admitted into the hospital, but the cleaners have downed tools because they haven't been paid"
20 December 2019
Council concedes to striking winter gritters' demands
Plaid Cymru-led Carmarthenshire County has backed down in the face of determined industrial action
20 November 2019
Frimley NHS Trust: Strikers remain determined to defeat privatisation
Hospital support staff struck on 18 and 19 November against transfer to a 'wholly owned subsidiary'
23 October 2019
Asda contracts: Vital that GMB mobilises for industrial action
About 400 hundred Asda workers and members of the GMB union marched defiantly through Leeds on 16 October, angry at the company's plans to sack staff members that hadn't signed up to the company's 'Contract 6'- with its unacceptable working conditions - by a 2 November deadline.
9 October 2019
Asda workers protest callous bosses
Workers organised with the GMB union protested outside more than 75 Asda stores across the UK on Thursday 3 October. Bosses have said they will fire anyone who doesn't sign up to 'Contract 6' by 2 November.
2 October 2019
Crown Paints dispute - union senior steward speaks out
Workers, members of the GMB union, at Crown Paints in Hull have in recent weeks taken four days of strike action in pursuit of a just pay claim. Shane Allinson, GMB senior steward, has made a statement about the dispute
2 October 2019
Hull: Construction workers' walkout forces employer to back down
The unofficial construction workers' dispute involving the building of a wood chip processing plant at Saltend Chemicals Park, in Hull, has been a struggle to prevent the blacklisting of two senior Unite and GMB union stewards - Paul Tattersfield and Keith Gibson.
25 September 2019
Hull construction workers strike against blacklisting
Workers building a wood chip acetylation (processing) plant in Hull walked off the job in defence of trade union agreements and against blacklisting on 24 September.
25 September 2019
GMB union members at 12 Asda stores around Britain staged protests on 16 September against the imposition of new, rotten terms and conditions known as 'Contract 6'
11 September 2019
Asda workers protest against worse contract
Asda workers are being threatened with the sack if they refuse to sign a new contract which will worsen their terms and conditions.
28 August 2019
Retail workers fight back against Scrooge bosses
Faced with a profits squeeze, big retail bosses are attempting to make workers pay by closing outlets, axing jobs and worsening terms and conditions of employment. However, this offensive is being resisted.
28 August 2019
Merseyside Matalan workers walk out over pay deal
Workers at a Matalan warehouse and distribution centre in Knowsley, Merseyside have taken strike action against a proposed pay deal.
28 August 2019
The GMB and Unite trade unions representing workers at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast have announced the extension of the unpaid temporary lay-off of staff until 30 September
20 August 2019
Workers reject 'Martini' contract
Around 1,000 Asda workers, members of the GMB union, marched on Asda House in Leeds
6 August 2019
Hull: Karro Food meat processors strike against poverty pay
A pork foods plant in Hull that hasn't witnessed a strike in 30 years is now seeing strikes each Monday organised by general union GMB
National Shop Stewards Network conference, 6.7.19, Conway Hall in London
31 May 2019
29 May 2019
Determined nuclear workers' industrial action continues
The confidence and determination of the Mitie workers at Sellafield is rising
22 May 2019
Morrisons workers reject pay offer
The 17 May could be an historic moment for Morrisons workers. It is now time for our union Usdaw, the shop workers' union, to dig deep and come out on top.
8 May 2019
Hull dinner ladies protest against loss of week's pay
I was told by one dinner lady that they face a week's loss in pay, from a four-day delay due to changes in their payment schedule
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