Manufacturing Section

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Manufacturing Section

Thousands of GMB members across the country work in manufacturing - our members make everything from Henry the hoover to Haribo, we make ships, sausages and steel.

Manufacturing News

16 Aug 2019

British Steel - exclusive talks with preferred bidder

This dedicated and loyal workforce must not be an afterthought amidst all of the speculation

05 Aug 2019

Boris Johnson must back Harland and Wolff workers

The Prime Minister must start fighting for UK manufacturing

01 Aug 2019

UK Manufacturing crumbling, latest figures show

Every week more and more contracts and jobs are put at risk - people are worried sick about

30 Jul 2019

Mass protest over sale of Titanic shipyard Harland and Wolff

GMB demands Harland and Wolff is renationalised

25 Jul 2019

GMB backs Labour's call for maximum working temperature

When a heat wave really hits there can be serious - even deadly – implications

10 Jul 2019

British steel bid welcome news as workers wait on future

Employees continue to work their socks off as further news on bidding process awaited

GMB Scotland sounds alarm over U.S. threat of whisky tariffs

Move shows UK is a ‘sitting duck’ in future U.S. trade negotiations

02 Jul 2019

Jobs on line as manufacturing slumps to six year low

Manufacturing activity fell at the fastest rate since February 2013 last month

12 Jun 2019

Bombshell new analysis shows 32,500 jobs at risk from British Steel collapse

Union to debate emergency motion as report reveals thousands more jobs in balance

12 Jun 2019

Ex-Carillion bosses paid to clean up own mess 'disgusting'

The botched work of Carillion left a brand-new hospital with structural issues & dangerous cladding

Campaigns

Making It

Manufacturing needs to be at the heart of any industrial strategy if the Government is to build a strong and sustainable recovery

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The Final Say

The Government is presiding over Brexit chaos. The people must decide where we go next

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Making it: campaigning for UK manufacturing jobs

Making It: the movie

Campaign leaflet

Report: UK shipbuilding

The case for Making It

Invest in manufacturing

#BacktheStamp

Posters

MPs back campaign

Campaign website

General resources