Amazon is one of the most powerful corporations on the planet, headed by the world’s richest person, CEO Jeff Bezos.    During the pandemic, we have seen Amazon grow into a trillion dollar corporation and Bezos become the first person in history to amass $200 billion in personal wealth.    

Thousands are facing Christmas with no job thanks to Swissport’s intractable attitude.  Swissport have pressed ahead with mass redundancies which came into effect on the 31st October despite GMB calls to reinstate the workers and furlough them instead.

Come and join Tracy Brabin and trade union members who are backing Tracy4Mayor for the BIG union phone bank on Monday, 23 November at 6pm.

Tracy is standing to be Labour’s candidate for the Mayor of West Yorkshire. COVID19 means that we can’t do the usual member meetings and events, so Tracy wants to try something a bit different.

GMB and other recognised health unions are still waiting for a response from Government regarding our joint campaign for a ‘significant and early pay increase’ for NHS staff.

What an amazing start to the #SaveUnionLearning campaign this week!  In case you didn’t see it, we got great coverage in the Guardian and in the sector press.

GMB Union, which represents thousands of Leeds City Council workers, has expressed anger at the proposals to close care facilities across the city.

GMB Union, which represents thousands of members in the aviation industry, is saddened to hear the announcement today that more than 100 jobs are set to go at Leeds Bradford Airport as the impact of Covid-19 takes hold.

Earlier this month, the TUC received notification from the Department for Education that they would end the Union Learning Fund from March 2021.

New owners must recognise Asda is a profitable well-run company thanks to our members’ hard work says GMB Union.