The GMB is a general trade union in the United Kingdom which has more than 560,000 members. Its members work in nearly all industrial sectors, in retail...
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railway station, England, by GBR code GMB (trade union), UK Grand Bauhinia Medal, Hong Kong honour Martin GMB, 1918 US bomber aircraft Great Master of...
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(born 1965) is a Scottish trade union leader. Born in Edinburgh, Smith completed an apprenticeship as a gas fitter, joining the GMB at the age of 16. He became...
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GMB, a general workers union. The union now has official recognition as the sex industry branch of the GMB. Some of the services offered by the union...
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Directory of Trade Unions. Vol. 6. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 9780754666837. LCCN 80-151653. GMB, "Unity Votes To Merge With GMB Archived 2016-08-21...
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October 1949) is a British former trade union leader. He served as General Secretary of the GMB, Britain's third biggest union. Kenny left school at 15 and...
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Tom Burlison (category English trade unionists)
Baron Burlison, DL (23 May 1936 – 20 May 2008) was a British footballer, GMB trade unionist and Treasurer of the Labour Party. He was the first former professional...
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Stephanie Peacock (category GMB (trade union) people)
Between 2013 and 2017, she worked as a Political Officer for the GMB trade union. At the 2015 general election, Peacock stood as the Labour Party candidate...
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Betty Boothroyd (category GMB (trade union)-sponsored MPs)
Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd, OM, PC (8 October 1929 – 26 February 2023) was a British politician who served as a member of Parliament (MP) for...
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Union Congress. Retrieved 13 December 2023. "Low Pay Commission Consultation on the National Minimum Wage 2023" (PDF). gmb.org.uk. GMB (trade union)...
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couture (France) GMB (trade union) (United Kingdom) United Federation of Trade Unions (Norway) Transport and General Workers Union (United Kingdom) North...
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defunct trade union in Australia Boilermakers and Blacksmiths Society of Australia, a defunct trade union in Australia GMB (trade union), a trade union in...
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the International Union of Food and Allied Workers, then in 2007 left trade unionism to become a tree surgeon. "Profile of the new GMB boss", BBC News,...
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No Sweat (organisation) (category GMB (trade union))
not only in developing countries but also in Britain. Working with the GMB Union in London's East End, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in 2005,...
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Officer. In 1986, Edmonds became General Secretary of the union, by then known as the GMB. In this role, he became known as a critic of Tony Blair's...
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The Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU or T&G) was one of the largest general trade unions in the United Kingdom and Ireland—where it was known...
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Party since 1997. Before becoming an MEP, Donnelly worked for the GMB trade union, first in the North East region, and then as National Finance Officer...
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J. R. Clynes (category GMB (trade union)-sponsored MPs)
was living in very straitened circumstances, with no other income than trade union pension of £6 per week. This pension debarred him from the Commons Ex-Members...
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Iain McNicol (category Scottish trade unionists)
politician, trade unionist and life peer who served as General Secretary of the Labour Party from 2011 to 2018. He was National Political Officer of the GMB trade...
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legislation applies equally across Great Britain". The Welsh branch of the GMB trade union said that it would fight plans to overturn Senedd legislation, with...
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Will Thorne (category General secretaries of the GMB (trade union))
Retrieved 11 September 2018. "About Birmingham and West Midlands Region". GMB union. Retrieved 27 August 2021. Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament...
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time when the average pay of Next employees was £10,000. This led the GMB trade union, supported by musician Paul Heaton, to tour Next shops presenting anti-social...
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into the GMB. In January 2017, the Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union (BECTU) merged with Prospect, a trade union that represents...
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"Mary Turner, trade unionist and president of GMB union", The Independent, 22 July 2017 "Our Mary - Celebrating the life of Mary Turner", GMB London "Mary...
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Phil Woolas (category Presidents of the National Union of Students (United Kingdom))
president of the National Union of Students (NUS), a producer for BBC programme Newsnight and a trade unionist at the GMB trade union. In November 2010, he...
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Bill Rodgers, Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank (category GMB (trade union)-sponsored MPs)
Taverne Succeeded by Terence Higgins Minister of State for the Board of Trade In office 1 July 1968 – 13 October 1969 Prime Minister Harold Wilson President...
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George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen (category GMB (trade union)-sponsored MPs)
a defence review, to be led by Robertson. 1968–1978, Official of the GMB Union for the Scottish whisky industry. 1978–1999, Member of the British House...
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the GMB Conference voted not to continue with discussions although the other two unions pursued merger talks. The T&G and Amicus proceeded without GMB involvement...
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Community and District Nursing Association (category GMB (trade union) amalgamations)
affiliated to the Trades Union Congress, and membership had risen to 3,763 by 2007. It worked closely with the GMB trade union for many years, and in 2010...
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United Rubber Workers of Great Britain (redirect from Waterproof Trade Union)
The union was founded in 1889 as the Waterproof Trade Union, then in 1891 changed its name to the India Rubber, Cable and Asbestos Workers' Union. Before...
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