"As International Women’s Day 2026 approaches, the most valuable way for our sisters to give is to join together as a collective, for under one banner we are stronger together." Read more from our Women's Campaign Unit 👇 #IWD www.gmb.org.uk/gmb-equality...

BREAKING 🚨: Workers at Immingham docks petroleum company launch strike action Monday 👏 50 workers will down tools in the dispute sparked by bosses dismissing staff outside of due process 🪧

Happy Holi to everyone celebrating - from all of us at GMB 🥳

Purim Sameach from everyone at the GMB to those celebrating the festival of Purim! 🎭

BREAKING 🚨: £2.2bn in wages lost by school staff due to term-time only contracts 💷 Teachers are paid year round but other staff including teaching assistants miss out on pay 🙅

Four years ago Putin began his brutal invasion of Ukraine. Today - and all days - we stand with Ukrainians. Sláva Ukrayíni 🇺🇦

BREAKING 🚨: Knowsley Council facing equal pay claims worth tens of millions 💷 More than fifty years after the equal pay act, it's a scandalous women are still paid less for doing work of equal value 🙅

New money for SEND is badly needed. But if training and development is only for heads and teaching staff, the strategy is doomed to fail. Support staff are key to SEND provision. They must be included in any skills or workforce strategy.

Wishing everyone a very happy Ramadan ☪️ #RamadanKareem #RamadanMubarak

Hoping everyone celebrating has a very happy Lunar New Year! Gōng xǐ fā cái - from everyone at GMB 🎇

BREAKING 🚨: BMA staff to start ballot on strike action over pay erosion 👏 400 workers will be balloted - after a pay offer far below what the BMA demands for its own members 🪧

We welcome NHS workers receiving their pay increase when it is due. The first time in years. But this award is just not enough to make up for more than a decade of pay cuts under the Tories. NHS workers deserve more. We will fight for that.

This week is #HeartUnions Week🧡 By campaigning together GMB members make work better 👏 Join our union 👉 gmb.org.uk/join-gmb

BREAKING 🚨: Barnsley NHS staff ready to strike in response to fire and rehire threat 🙌 97% backed strike action - in a ballot of more than 600 workers 🪧

February is LGBT+ History Month - a time for us to celebrate the progress we've made and reflect on the battles to be won. GMB will always be a proud and loud voice for equality 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 #LGBTHistoryMonth

People will be outraged at bill rises when water infrastructure is collapsing around our ears. The water companies say the increases will lead to billions of investment. We need to see this delivered, or customers will demand money back.

BREAKING 🚨: More than 600 workers in Barnsley NHS start industrial action ballot after fire and rehire threat 🙅 The trust wants to impose new contracts on staff - including nurses - to: ☕ stop paid breaks 💷 increase shift length without pay rises

Amazon slashing 16,000 jobs shows the company for what it is. They cannot be trusted to do right by working people. Now is the time for decision makers to see them as what they are.

Eighty one years ago today Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated. This Holocaust Memorial Day we must remember the importance of standing against prejudice and hate. #HolocaustMemorialDay

BREAKING 🚨: ASDA plan to outsource George clothing delivery - risking 1200 jobs 🚛

The Government's planned new water regulator must have teeth. Thousands of customers across the South East have been left without water - leaving staff to pick up the pieces. Meanwhile the top brass pick up big bonuses for presiding over the whole mess. This must change.

GMB WIN 🚨: Over 4000 Doncaster Council workers are set for a pay rise worth millions 👏 From April staff will have their pay bumped up by 2.5% - reversing a Conservative austerity era cut 💷

GMB WIN: Bromley parking dispute settles as members earn London Living Wage backpay victory 👏 Workers voted overwhelmingly to accept the deal which includes a non-consolidated bonus 🚗

Amazon must temporarily close their Coventry warehouse after a TB outbreak. Preventing a major outbreak is more important than Amazon's profit margins. Workers must be put onto full sick pay.

On this day in 1855 Eleanor Marx, a co-founder of our union, was born. She was at the forefront of the fight for the 8 hour working day and consistently fought for justice & equality. Today we celebrate all her achievements 👏

BREAKING 🚨: Over 100 workers laid off at Manchester steel firm 🏭 Thomas Storey Fabrications Group factory - which made Bailey bridges for allied troops during World War Two - hasn't given staff hours for over a month 🪖

Today's record-breaking windfarm auction is good news. Securing significant investment in clean power is what we need to hit net zero. This is a golden opportunity to on-shore supply chains and create good jobs across the UK. We must take it.

BREAKING 🚨: Cow dung could help heat 10 million homes and save thousands of gas jobs, GMB analysis shows. Cow poo already provides enough energy in the grid to heat over 800,000 homes, set to rise to 1.2m 🐮

By midday today the average fat cat FTSE 100 boss will rake in more than a typical Brit's annual earnings Workers are still struggling with the cost of living crisis. That’s why the Employment Rights Act is so crucial: to give people a chance to get the pay they deserve.

BREAKING 🚨: NHS workers launch week-long strike for pension equality 🧑‍⚕️ Directly employed NHS staff at Airedale hospital get seven times the employer contribution compared to some outsourced staff 🙅

From everyone at GMB - we wish you all the best for 2026!

Wishing everyone celebrating a very Merry Christmas! 🎄

BREAKING 🚨: Almost 40% of school support staff worry about being able to afford Christmas 🎄 And nearly 3/4 bring in food, Christmas clothing and coats for children in their care 🎅 This is why Labour reintroducing the School Support Staff Negotiating Body in 2026 is key 👏

Ambulance workers are worried this festive period. Over 70% of ambulance workers fear burnout. And nearly half worry about physical attacks. This Christmastime - think about the ambulance staff who keep us safe - before you do anything daft 🎄🚑

The BMA are offering their own staff just 2%. All as they are taking their members out on strike over a deal worth more. It's hypocrisy: pure and simple. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The Employment Rights Act is a new era for workers in this country. The biggest step forward for workers rights’ in 50 years. GMB members’ voices have been at the forefront of making this happen. This is a huge moment to make work better.

Happy Chanukah to everyone celebrating! 🕎

BREAKING 🚨: Birmingham women workers get confirmation of cash settlement today 👏 Tens of thousands of workers will receive their share of hundreds of millions 🎉

The Employment Rights Bill is back in Parliament today. It’s the biggest leap forward for workers right for a generation. It’s time to get on with it. Make it law - now.

BREAKING 🚨: Two week strike action starts at one of UK's largest frozen food facilities 🪧 We could have Christmas turkey shortages if bosses don't improve the ZERO % pay offer 🦃

Today’s budget is the final nail in the coffin for the Conservative’s failed austerity project. Key public services and essential infrastructure suffered because the Tories made bad economic choices - we must never go back to those dark days.

The minimum wage rise is fantastic news for millions of low-paid workers. It will lift people's pay and deliver more cash to spend on the high street. Wages not based on ages has long been our call: the higher increase for young workers is a crucial step forward.

Today is Equal Pay Day: the day women effectively stop earning compared to men. We fight inequality wherever we find it. That’s why GMB Union members have launched more than 25 equal pay claims at employers across the UK 👏

The Tories' catastrophic COVID incompetence cannot be repeated. Care homes were turned into morgues while No 10 Downing Street partied the night away. Lessons must be learned.

Today we remember and honour all those who have lost their lives to transphobic discrimination and violence. GMB will continue to challenge transphobia in all its forms and remain resolute: Trans rights are human rights 🏳️‍⚧️ #TransDayOfRemembrance

On this day in 1897 Nye Bevan, the founder of our NHS, was born in South Wales. Today let's remind ourselves of the struggle to create our NHS and reinvigorate our determination to defend it 👏

BREAKING 🚨: Red Arrows manufacturer Aeralis signs deal with GMB creating 4000 jobs ✈️ The firm is the front runner in the race to create the next generation of Red Arrows and is the only bidder offering UK designed and built aircraft 👏

Wylfa was ready for a large scale reactor, but we welcome the reintroduction of nuclear energy onto Ynys Môn We look forward to delivering with Rolls Royce trade union organised construction of the Small Modular Reactors. Looking at sites for large gigawatt reactors is good: it must deliver.

Today we take a moment to reflect on all those who have died in service of our country - and all those who continue to serve. Lest we forget. #ArmisticeDay

30 years ago the Disability Discrimination Act came into force. It made it illegal to discriminate against disabled people - for the first time. There’s still so much to do. But we celebrate the steps forward along the way.