News | 7 April 2020 No PPE requirement in schools 'endangers lives' Government must change course over personal protection equipment, cleaning equipment, and funding Education
News | 6 April 2020 'Traumatised' NHS staff use sheets after body bags 'run out' ‘Traumatised’ GMB members working in Epsom and St Helier NHS have been told to use sheets to transport deceased patients because body bags have ‘run out’. NHS and ambulance
News | 6 April 2020 GMB praise Numatic efforts to back the NHS The company has ceased all non-essential manufacturing and instead began make PPE for NHS Staff Manufacturing
News | 6 April 2020 Ambulance driver with Covid symptoms refused test as 'too expensive' GMB Member with sore throat and no sense of taste and smell now feel under pressure to stay at work
News | 6 April 2020 NHS workers 'scapegoated' over lack of PPE Implying ambulance staff are responsible for the shortage is as insensitive as it is unacceptable NHS and ambulance
News | 4 April 2020 GMB welcomes new Labour leadership team GMB Union, one of the Labour Party’s biggest affiliates, today welcomed the new Leader and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, after election results were announced. Politics
News | 3 April 2020 Hospital staff 'left in tears' over lack of PPE Frightened Great Western Hospital staff have been ‘left in tears’ after looking after Covid-19 positive patients without proper PPE NHS and ambulance
News | 3 April 2020 DHL 'flaunting' Government guidelines on Covid-19 Company ‘using the current crisis as an opportunity to maximise profits' Courier and delivery
News | 3 April 2020 Firmdale Hotels reinstating workers 'right thing to do' A company whose accounts show £8 million in the bank could have covered the pay bill Food and drink
News | 3 April 2020 Yodel 'risks exposing delivery drivers to coronavirus' Yodel has decided to protect its profit instead of its people Courier and delivery
News | 3 April 2020 Nurses 'feel forced to make their own PPE from laminate sheets and elastic bands' Is this how we expect those risking their lives in the face of a pandemic to be treated? NHS and ambulance
News | 2 April 2020 British Airways furlough 'relief' but GMB calls for more government intervention Current deal gives security for BA staff now but Government can’t take eye off the ball says GMB Union Transport