Food and drink 4 March 2021 WATCH: Newsnight marks GMB's landmark win at Bakkavor BBC's flagship news programme marks the union's landmark win for mass testing and full pay for…
Food and drink 1 March 2021 Tomahawk 'bullies' low paid furloughed staff into lending… Bosses tell workers they will lose jobs if they don’t agree – GMB says legal loophole must be…
Care 25 January 2021 Devastating Covid workplace death figures need immediate… Almost a year on and workers still dying from occupational exposure.
Food and drink 4 December 2020 Bakkavor Covid outbreak: huge win as company agrees… Mass testing and full pay for Covid positive staff will save lives.
Food and drink 3 December 2020 Second Bakkavor worker dies amid Marks & Spencer supplier… Bakkavor must offer full pay for all covid-related absence.
Food and drink 1 December 2020 Worker dies amid Covid-19 outbreak at Bakkavor factory GMB Union calls on Bakkavor Tilmanstone Salads to offer mass testing to staff and full pay for all…
Economy 2 October 2020 ASDA takeover: over 100,000 workers need reassurance New owners must recognise Asda is a profitable well-run company thanks to our members’ hard work.
Food and drink 7 September 2020 Haribo delivers bitter blow to workers as hundreds… German confectionery giant could shed a third of workforce at UK operation across Pontefract and…
Food and drink 6 May 2020 The FDF and UK trade unions: working together to feed… The Food and Drink Federation (FDF), GMB, Unite, Usdaw and BFAWU have joined together for the first…
Food and drink 15 April 2020 Big 6 food retailers must guarantee worker safety Call comes after major Tesco, Sainsbury and Marks and Spencer supplier admits social distancing…
Food and drink 3 April 2020 Firmdale Hotels reinstating workers 'right thing to… A company whose accounts show £8 million in the bank could have covered the pay bill.
Food and drink 4 February 2020 End whisky tariffs threatening 22,000 jobs GMB is calling for an end to the US whisky tariffs that threaten 22,000 whisky and spirit industry…