All news on the topic: GMB union

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One in three UK water workers verbally abused amid sewage fury, GMB finds
Exclusive: public anger over river pollution affecting employee safety, union survey suggests
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'Keir Starmer must fight pressure and stick to his pledge on strike laws'
Employees in Coventry and Birmingham are going on strike next week. Their claim is for £15 an hour and recognition of their union, the GMB. I wish them well, says Paul Routledge
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Thousands of Deliveroo and Uber Eats drivers to strike on Valentine’s Day
The strike - set for Valentine's day - is expected to see thousands of delivery workers walk out to draw attention to the low pay and insecure conditions faced by drivers
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Kate Garraway shares children's heartbreaking request after Derek Draper's death
Kate Garraway shares two children, Darcey, 17, and Billy, 14, with her late husband Derek Draper, who died in January after suffering serious health complications due to coronavirus
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Amazon workers to stage three-day pay strike in campaign to win £15 an hour
The GMB said around 1,000 of its members in Coventry will walk out for three days from next Tuesday
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Asda workers to stage 48-hour strike over claims of 'toxic' working environment
Members of the GMB at the site in Gosport, Hampshire, will walk out on Friday until midnight on Saturday
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Tata Steel got 'deal of century' by bagging taxpayers' cash with 2,800 job cuts
Tata Steels proposals were branded the 'bargain basement option' as bosses were hauled before MPs to defend plans to shut blast furnaces at its Port Talbot plant in south Wales
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UK 'woefully underprepared' for conflict if steel blast furnaces are closed
The GMB has written to the Defence Secretary saying that losing the ability to make steel from scratch will 'significantly impact' the security of the country's essential defence supply chains
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Tata Steel boss slashing 2,800 UK steel jobs pocketed £700k pay rise last year
A top-earning boss at steel giant Tata is believed to have taken £1.6million in pay last year - even as the company plans to cut thousands of jobs at Port Talbot blast furnaces
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Tata Steel move to axe 3,000 jobs 'will turn Port Talbot into a ghost town'
Unions have accused the Tories of lavishing vast sums of cash on the site’s owners Tata Steel only for it to go ahead and scrap nearly 3,000 staff - despite a major drive to save the posts
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Tata Steel expected to close furnaces and lose 3,000 jobs in 'crushing blow'
Tata Steel is understood to have rejected plans drawn up by trade unions aimed at saving thousands of jobs, instead pressing ahead with closing blast furnaces in Port Talbot
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More than 4,500 Stonegate pubs 'at risk' as parent company reveals £2.6bn debt
GMB's regional secretary Justin Bowden said that, like with Asda, the finances of the pub chain are “equally lacking in transparency, with the ultimate holding company based in the Cayman Islands"
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999 staff shortage spark 730,000 call outs without a fully-trained paramedic
Emergency departments face “one of the most difficult starts to the year” ever, as junior doctors start an unprecedented six-day strike from Wednesday this week
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UK city plagued with vermin as more than 27,000 problems reported in three years
Bin men are unable to collect rubbish safely as the vermin have completely overwhelmed some neighbourhoods with refuse collectors hospitalised with rat bites
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Shipbuilders told to come clean about UK workforce for £1.6bn supply vessels
Firms developing three Fleet Solid Support ships for Royal Fleet Auxiliary have been urged to say how many British jobs will be created - and how much work carried out in the UK
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Emails say 600 schools could still have crumbling RAAC and not know about it
Officials privately accepted it is likely to take “a number of years” to resolve the RAAC crisis in documents seen by the Mirror
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Plan to save thousands of jobs at Britain's biggest steel plant
The latest plan aimed at saving thousands of jobs at Britain's biggest steel plant has been put forward by the Unite union and comes after a rival proposal from the Community and GMB unions
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Union leaders back plan to save 2,300 jobs at Britain's biggest steelworks
The Community and GMB unions have thrown their weight behind a plan drawn-up by experts they drafted in, which could help save "virgin" steelmaking at Port Talbot
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3,000 steelworkers in limbo as Tata shelves crunch Port Talbot announcement
The Indian giant had been due to make an announcement after a board meeting in Mumbai today, but it decided to delay revealing its redundancy plans for the South Wales site
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Boris Johnson refused to sack Matt Hancock despite warning he was 'killing' old
In explosive WhatsApp messages, Dominic Cummings demanded that Matt Hancock was sacked as Health Secretary as he was a 'proven liar' who should not be in charge of NHS
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'It's mind-boggling that a Tory minister would be seen anywhere near Peter Bone'
Tom Pursglove was not thinking straight if he imagined it would be acceptable to campaign alongside a shamed MP who no longer represents his party
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Four in 10 staff at care home giant threaten to quit over 'poverty' pay levels
HC-One owns more than 275 care homes, where union bosses say 40% of staff are considering leaving because they don’t earn enough to live, with lowest-paid earning £10.47 an hour
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Boots to close stores within days - full list of those closing their doors
Boots has confirmed eight stores will be closing in the next few weeks as the popular chain axes 300 shops in a bid to 'concentrate its team members where they are needed'
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Amazon workers to strike for four days including Black Friday in pay dispute
Members of the GMB union based at the company's Coventry site will walk out on November 7, 8 and 9 as well as on Black Friday on November 24
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Hopes of saving all 12,500 jobs at Wilko fading fast as 'some stores will close'
Administrators PwC said talks with potential buyers for parts of the group were ongoing but confirmed 'it’s clear the nature of this interest is not focused on the whole group'