GMB
‘Clean bog then serve grub’
Over 50 people joined a protest outside St George’s Hospital in Tooting, south London, last Friday.
GMB debates Brexit chaos
Anger at austerity—and frustration that the Tories are still in office—ran through the GMB union conference
Local government round up: Women workers win gains in Glasgow
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The fight for equal pay at Glasgow City Council has reached a new chapter last week as workers began to receive details of their financial settlements.
Real fight needed at British Steel to save jobs
Unions are calling for nationalisation, but winning that will take mass resistance.
Strike wins equal pay at Doncaster hospital
A strike by health workers at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has forced outsourcing giant Sodexo to give them NHS rates of pay.
Fighting the outsourcers
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Outsourced catering workers at two South Yorkshire hospitals plan to strike for three days a week for the whole of May.
Reports round up: A swan song for far right Anne Marie Waters
30 April 2019Reports round up: Big protests for International Women's Day
12 March 2019Newark strike to grind down bosses
Local government round up: Birmingham care workers fight on, bins strike paused
12 March 2019Care workers in Birmingham are keeping up the fight for their jobs and the service with strikes set for this week.
United strike is just the ticket in traffic wardens’ fight for sick pay
01 March 2019GMB union members at Tory-run Westminster and Wandsworth councils began a 48-hour strike for sick pay on Wednesday. And they plan a further two-day strike from Thursday of next week.
Birmingham bins strike sees strong fightback and solidarity
22 February 2019Bin workers in Birmingham have staged two powerful strikes over discrimination by council management.
Reports round up: London Overground workers take on bosses
19 February 2019A breakthrough at South Western rail?
Fights against outsourcing bosses
19 February 2019A national day of action has been called on 26 February against outsourcing.
Reports round up: Civil service workers could ballot for national strikes
05 February 2019Food workers declared victory last week as bosses backed off from threats about public holiday working.
Outsourced workers fight to win sick pay at Kingston Hospital
05 February 2019Hundreds of outsourced health workers in south west London are demanding that multinational ISS gives them sick pay.
Solid strike in Camden as traffic wardens fight NSL outsourcers over pay
05 February 2019Strikers in Camden are “fully determined to fight and achieve what we deserve” in their pay battle against outsourcing giant NSL.
‘The company treats us like dogs,’ say striking Wandsworth traffic wardens
31 January 2019GMB union members in the Tory-run south London borough began their second 48-hour strike for sick pay on Thursday
Wandsworth traffic wardens aren’t waiting to act over sick pay
24 January 2019GMB union members in the Tory-run borough began a 48-hour strike on Thursday.
Unions declare victory in Glasgow equal pay fight
18 January 2019Trade unions are claiming victory in the equal pay fight negotiations at Glasgow City Council.
Don’t trust shipyard bosses to save jobs at Cammell Laird
11 December 2018The Unite and GMB unions suspended a programme of rolling walkouts at Cammell Laird shipyard after bosses agreed to delay job cuts.
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