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Latest News

Amazon Valentine's card to highlight 'brutal' working conditions

Workers suffer convulsions, electric shocks, major traumas and get knocked unconscious

Unemployment rockets up to 24% in regions

Wrongheaded austerity policies, a lack of investment in jobs and no plan on Brexit will only make things worse

Time for a General Election

May's mess of a Brexit deal thrashed in Parliament

Carillion anniversary: public sector outsourcing value rockets 53%

One year on the Govt is yet to learn its lesson

Statement regarding settlement of claim against Birmingham City Council

Statement issued by Joe Morgan, Regional Secretary, GMB Birmingham West Midlands Region

Working people shouldn't pay price for Government failure

Sluggish GDP shows botched handling of Brexit damaging investment

Response to 4,500 global job losses at Jaguar Land Rover

We're supporting members following the company’s announcement

Unenforceable workers' rights pledge is cynical Government ploy

Meaningless reassurances guarantee workers nothing

A New Year resolution for Uber

Stop wasting time and give workers their rights

2018: a year in review

General Secretary Tim Roache looks back on a hectic and chaotic 12 months

Campaigns

Amazon workers are not robots

600 ambulances have been called to Amazon warehouses in three years - billionaire boss Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world, can afford to sort this out

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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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Wages not based on ages

Young workers get paid less than people they work alongside, even though they are doing the same job. GMB Young Members campaign for fair pay for all - wages should not be based on ages.

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Join GMB

Congratulations on deciding to join over 600,000 other working people in the UK & Ireland who have chosen to be members of GMB.

Use the form below to Join GMB today.

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Full time

GMB members working full time for more than 20 hours

€16.57per month

£13.70 per month

Part time

GMB members working part-time for 20 hours or less and GMB members under 18 years. If you work in a school please check the current GMB rate with your local GMB office

€9.74per month

£7.96 per month

Member Offers

Your GMB membership provides you with lots of additional
benefits and offers, over and above GMB’s assistance in
your workplace.

Car insurance discount with LV

LV= offer a member discount on great value car insurance. There are also many affordable optional extras for you to choose from.

Union Energy: competitive deals

Union Energy is owned by the TUC and promises to find GMB members the most competitive domestic energy deal available on the market.

Cash benefits and support

GMB can help by paying members various benefits (qualification for these benefits is free to GMB members and depends on your region).

Convalescent care homes

You need a few weeks to get over a serious illness or accident GMB can arrange free facilities at one of its approved convalescent homes for members.

Social security advice

Free help with queries about pensions, industrial injuries, sickness, unemployment and all other benefits. Free help if you need to appeal against a DSS decision.

Professional driver vehicle purchase

GMBdrive is a new Member Service providing a unique Vehicle Purchase Scheme specially designed for GMB members and their families.

50 cashback on home insurance

Get £50 cashback on your home insurance, our cover includes interest free direct debits and FREE Home Emergency cover on our signature policy.

GMB Protect family insurance

At GMBProtect, our aim is to provide GMB members and their families with access to greater financial security that protects against the financial impact of major life traumas.

TPO Mobile network

Help fight blacklisting and support the living wage by switching to the mobile network that gives back.

GMB NHS dental plan

Get £500 of NHS dental cover with the GMB NHS dental plan and get money back each time you visit your NHS dentist, meaning no more costly treatment bills.

20% off crown decorating

For all GMB members - Friends and Family 20% discount card.

GMB national lifelong learning

Our core purpose is that every member should have the opportunity to discover and develop their talents.

Hear our members' stories

"I joined GMB because I wanted fair pay"

Me and my colleagues demanded a pay increase and won, an experience I found empowering.

"GMB helps me invest in my future"

I'm really happy my union is campaigning for decent apprenticeships for young people

"If I wasn't in GMB, I wouldn't have got my job back"

My work colleagues were also GMB members and prepared to go on strike unless I was reinstated, which made my employer think again.

"Our members have a voice at work"

I love ensuring that GMB members have a voice at work and standing up to unfairness when I see it.

Join more than 600,000 people and become a GMB member today