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Campaigning and organising to #MakeWorkBetter. To join us visit www.gmb.org.uk/join-gmb Promoted by GMB Union, 22 Stephenson Way, London, NW1 2HD

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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 9h
Last night GMB members came together in Parliament to mark Black History Month and launch The Activist Toolkit: twelve tools to champion equality at work. Thank you to @calvinbailey.bsky.social for sponsoring us and to everyone who joined. Stronger together in every workplace ✊🏾
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
0% this year. 1% next year. That’s not a pay offer. It’s a pay cut. 100+ workers at Briar Chemicals in Norwich have voted 91% for strike action on a 78% turnout. Briar Chemicals, get back round the table with a proper offer ✊ www.gmblondon.org.uk/news/briar-c...
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Royal Parks gardeners took their fight to Downing Street today. Skilled gardeners earn just 35p above the London Living Wage. The Royal Parks pays Idverde for the yearly rise. It isn't passed on. Let their pay grow. Sign the petition 👇 www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/th...
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
🤖🚗 Robocabs need a reality check. We welcome the @londonassembly.bsky.social's report on driverless cars: drivers’ jobs protected, passengers kept safe and a just transition before deployment. And we shouldn’t be afraid to say no. www.gmblondon.org.uk/news/tfl-urg...
gmblondon.org.uk
TfL urged to ensure London drivers are 'not left behind' by driverless cars
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Wanted to learn something new at work but never had the chance? The Union Learning Fund is back. Members decide what it should deliver. Speak to your GMB rep or message us with what your workplace needs. Skills for workers. Led by workers.🟠⚫ #MembersFirst
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Software failed. Worker's paid the price. Hundreds of London drivers were locked out for three days over a busy August weekend. Uber's offer? £80. That's £3.33 an hour. Our members want fair compensation, not a goodwill gesture 👇 www.taxi-point.co.uk/post/uber-dr...
taxi-point.co.uk
Uber drivers say £80 goodwill payment fails to cover three days lost after app outage
London Uber drivers have criticised an £80 goodwill payment offered after a software issue left them unable to access the platform for three days in August. The GMB union says the amount does not fair...
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
First they won worker status, then they won back their remuneration for call outs. Now coastguards look set to gain union recognition. GMB is entering talks with the MCA to become the union for the Coastguard Rescue Officer community and keep fighting on behalf of these lifesaving heroes.
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🟠 "A project taking longer to build is not a reason not to build it. It's a reason to start now." Heathrow's third runway has slipped to 2039. The hold-up is red tape. Politicians can fix that. GMB London Regional Secretary Warren Kenny in the Guardian 👇 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
theguardian.com
Burnham dodges questions on Heathrow third runway as project faces four-year delay
Airport chiefs say 2035 deadline unachievable with 2039 more likely as critics say delay makes case for project ‘even more dubious’
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Royal Parks gardeners are walking out again today. They voted 95% for strike action after Idverde offered just 70p an hour. Still no improved offer. They keep London's parks world class. It's time they were paid like it. Back the gardeners 👇 www.gmblondon.org.uk/news/royal-p...
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy National Teaching Assistants' Day! To every TA running interventions, supporting pupils with SEND and keeping the day on track: thank you. Classrooms thrive on you. Join the union for school support staff: gmb.org.uk/join #NationalTeachingAssistantsDay
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This week school support staff on Term-Time Only contracts effectively stop getting paid. So they're wearing black to mark it. 52 weeks of bills. Only 39 weeks of pay. #SayNoToTTO
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Our energy officer rang the entire energy industry to ask one question. Every large energy company in Britain recognises a union. One doesn't. 🐙 @octopus.energy seems like a good time to talk.
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🚨 GMB WIN 🚨 Less than 24 hours after Thurrock caretakers voted to strike, the Council backed down. Plans to downgrade their roles are scrapped, the traditional caretaking model is back and the strike is off. That's the power of a union. #StrongerTogether thurrock.nub.news/news/local-n...
thurrock.nub.news
Council caves in over caretaker confrontation
'We are pleased that Thurrock has listened to our members, who have achieved a fantastic win for themselves and their colleagues.'
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
90% of mental health staff surveyed at Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust say staffing levels are unsafe. Our members are sounding the alarm on patient safety while management refuses to engage. Our door is open. The Trust just needs to knock. www.gmblondon.org.uk/news/staff-r...
gmblondon.org.uk
Staff raise safety concerns at 'dysfunctional' Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Shanah Tovah. GMB London wishes all our Jewish members, reps and staff a happy, healthy and peaceful new year. #RoshHashanah
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Today is Emergency Services Day. Paramedics. Call handlers. Coastguards. Cleaners and porters keeping A&E moving. They turn out every time, whatever is waiting for them. They deserve our thanks, proper pay and the right to do the job without being assaulted. #MembersFirst
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Two years. Petitions, protests, pressure at the Guildhall. Today the Aldgate School Child and Family Centre is staying open. The Corporation wanted it gone. GMB members, parents and staff said no. And we won. #StrongerTogether
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"We just want fair pay." Same fight. Same employer. Same time every year. Royal Parks gardeners keep these world-class parks alive. They love the job. They are sick of begging for the wages that come with it. Our members are done asking. Idverde get back around the table. #FairPay
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Wayve driverless taxis just landed on the Uber app. So what happens to the people who actually drive? On BBC Radio London this morning, GMB's Kola Olalekan asked the questions no one's answering. Watch the clip 👇 #MembersFirst
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
658 employers. £4m in wages stolen from workers who earned every penny of it. Every one of them called it a “technical” error. None of them made the error in the workers’ favour. Join a union. Get what you’re owed. gmb.org.uk/join-gmb www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
B&Q and Five Guys among firms which paid staff below minimum wage
More than 600 companies underpaid staff, with £4m returned to workers, according to the government.
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Jobs. Jobs. Jobs. Perry Phillips gave GMB London's evidence to the Transport Select Committee today on Heathrow expansion. 108,000 jobs. 5,000 apprenticeships. Our ground handlers want to know their kids get the same shot. #MembersFirst
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Day One. 🌳 The gardeners who keep Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens and St James's Park world-class are on strike over a 70p pay offer. London Living Wage is a floor, not a ceiling. Idverde, get back round the table.
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
On 1 June, coastguard rescue officers learned the MCA wanted to scrap call-out payments and move to a volunteer-only model. Within weeks, hundreds of CROs organised with GMB, took the case to Westminster and won a pause. The fight isn't over. ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?app=de... #SaveOurCoastguard
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The Fight Isn't Over - The Coastguard Collective Bargaining Campaign
YouTube video by Save our Service - Coastguard Rescue Service
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The gardeners who keep Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens & St James's Park world-class are skilled professionals, and they know what their labour is worth. Idverde won't pay them fairly. So they're walking out Sept 1, 2 & 3. 🌳 www.itv.com/news/london/... #FairPay
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Today Ukraine marks its Independence Day. We mark it standing with the workers of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, jailed for defending their colleagues. Solidarity has no borders. Hear their story in London on 27 August.👇
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Robotaxis are heading for London's streets, and our members are already feeling the pinch. GMB's Kola Olalekan tells the @financialtimes.com that earnings are dropping as fares get cut to fund the rollout, and warns of job losses ahead. 🔗 www.ft.com/content/7f2d...
ft.com
London cabbies plot ‘skulduggery’ to take on robotaxis
Private-hire drivers are bracing for a new wave of technological change
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
£1000 from GMB London to Peterborough Food Bank. No family should have to choose between heating and eating. When our members act, communities feel it. 🧡 #StrongerTogether
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
36% bill rises already locked in, now another £3.4bn on top. Sewage in the rivers, bonuses in the boardroom, the bill on your doormat. We say enough. Renationalise our water. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
Water customers are not a ‘blank cheque’, Burnham tells suppliers
Companies in England and Wales get green light for extra spending that will add billions to bills
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Kola is a private hire driver. His dash cam sees the whole road, but TfL rules keep it silent on what's said to him. So the abuse leaves no trace. Drivers deserve to be heard. #MembersFirst
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
🚨 PAY VICTORY at NSL Islington! Our GMB parking enforcement members have won a significant two-year pay deal. Members stood together. Members backed their reps. Members won. This is what organising delivers. 💪 #StrongerTogether
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
GMB. THE union calling for water nationalisation. As per the New York Times👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b...
nytimes.com
Public Control or ‘20th-Century Socialism’? U.K. Debates a Different Way.
The new prime minister, Andy Burnham, faulted Margaret Thatcher’s privatization in the 1980s. He wants an alternative economic model, especially to run utilities.
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
GMB. THE union calling for water nationalisation. As per the New York Times👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b...
nytimes.com
Public Control or ‘20th-Century Socialism’? U.K. Debates a Different Way.
The new prime minister, Andy Burnham, faulted Margaret Thatcher’s privatization in the 1980s. He wants an alternative economic model, especially to run utilities.
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Pleased to hand over our £1,000 donation to Harrow Food Bank🧡 No one in work should have to rely on a food bank. Until pay meets the cost of living, we'll keep standing with the people and organisations keeping our communities fed. #StrongerTogether
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
A machine can plot a route. It can't replace the knowledge and human connection our drivers bring every day. 300,000 private hire jobs are on the line as robotaxis eye London. GMB is pressing the government to act. Read More👇 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
A London Taxi Family Confronts the Driverless Future
With more than a century of combined experience behind the wheel, the Gouldings now face their greatest challenge yet: Waymo, Wayve and Baidu.
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Skilled gardeners at London's Royal Parks were offered a pay rise of just 70p an hour. That is 55p above the London Living Wage. The Living Wage is a floor, not a ceiling. www.gmblondon.org.uk/news/gardene... #MembersFirst #FairPay
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Thank you Chris Hinchcliff MP for meeting GMB London’s Retired Members Association in Parliament today to talk water. Our retired members are leading the fight to bring water back into public hands. Clean water is not a luxury. It is a common good. #TakeBackTheTap
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Young workers aren't waiting their turn. They're organising now. Brilliant to bring young GMB London members together to build power in every workplace.
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Our striking ISS members are back on the picket line, joined by Paul Nowak. Thank you Paul & Trades Union Congress for supporting outsourced workers fighting for fairness & equality. Outsourcing doesn't benefits workers, patients or taxpayers. It benefits companies earning millions at our expense.
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Tisha B'Av begins at sunset tonight, a day of mourning and reflection, marking the destruction of both Temples in Jerusalem and the losses carried in Jewish memory since. GMB London stands with our Jewish members and colleagues observing the fast.
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Thames Water is banning your hosepipe while losing 570 MILLION litres a day to its own leaks. 💧 Customers pay hundreds a year and get a 77% rise in complaints for their trouble. Fix the leaks. Bring water back into public ownership. 🔗 www.gmblondon.org.uk/news/woeful-...
gmblondon.org.uk
'Woeful' Thames Water introduces hosepipe ban as millions of litres lost to leaks
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Over 1,000 GMB members at the City of London Corporation have rejected the pay offer. Why? The Corporation wants to bury London Weighting inside basic pay. Once it's gone, it's gone. Our members keep the Square Mile running. Hands off London Weighting. www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-...
mylondon.news
Union members in roles from Tower Bridge to Guildhall reject pay offer
A local GMB regional organiser said the City of London Corporation's proposal "fell short"
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
WIN 🚨 Plans to strip Coastguard Rescue Officers of their callout pay have been scrapped. Ministers confirmed in Parliament today that the expenses-only model will not go ahead. Members campaigned. Members won. #MembersFirst
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Outsourcing fails workers again. More than 300 security officers employed by Mitie at Asda now face redundancy in a process GMB has branded 'shambolic'. Contracted out, then hung out to dry. We're demanding this shambles is suspended now. 👇 www.gmb.org.uk/news/asda-jo...
gmb.org.uk
Asda job cuts branded 'shambolic' as hundreds of security roles at risk
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Alex @m-ttpa.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I was fortunate enough to work with these members a couple of years ago when they were last threatened with redundancy; they deserve so much better than this.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12/10/2025
Parliamentary staff of colour earn £2,000 less than white colleagues, study suggests
theguardian.com
Parliamentary staff of colour earn £2,000 less than white colleagues, study suggests
Exclusive: Report by GMB union also finds pay disparity for women and disabled, trans, non-binary and gay staffers A race and gender pay gap among parliamentary staff means people of colour earn on average £2,000 less each year than their white counterparts, research seen by the Guardian suggests. A study due to be released this week will say that parliamentary employees who have a range of protected characteristics under equality legislation are more likely to suffer disparities in pay. Continue reading...
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
This is the reality of outsourcing in modern Britain. Our members cleaned Parliament for years. Churchill Group binned them to save money. The work stays, the workers go, and loyalty counts for nothing. GMB is standing with the Churchill cleaners and we are fighting back. #ChurchillCleaners
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Behind every cut is a life. Inside Parliament, the cleaners who keep the place running are being made redundant. The people who clean the corridors of power before MPs arrive and after they leave are treated as a cost to cut. Stand with the Churchill cleaners on the Parliamentary Estate.
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
A Black woman was refused boarding on a Flibco coach at Stansted at 3.30am. We're demanding answers. Our members use this service too. We've written to the airport calling for a full investigation. Discrimination has no place anywhere. www.bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk/news/stanste...
bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk
Stansted Airport coach operator says ‘racism is not tolerated’ after driver allegedly bars Black woman
The GMB union has called for answers after the incident involving a Flibco driver in the early hours of Friday, July 3.
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
GMB Coastguard Rescue Officers took to Parliament today to demand the MCA rethink its plans to axe callout pay. These are the people who leave their beds, their jobs and their families when the pager goes off. Cuttings costs, costs lives. The MCA needs to listen. #SaveOurService #MembersFirst
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GMB London Region @gmblondonregion.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Proud to support Camden Foodbank with a £1,000 donation 💪 Food banks shouldn't have to exist. Until working people are paid enough to live on, we'll keep standing with the organisations holding our communities together. #StrongerTogether
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