Amazon surveillance technology does track productivity but is not “primary focus”
November 18, 2022
Amazon's Head of Public Policy for Europe tells parliamentary select committee that surveillance tech does track employee productivity but is not "primary focus". Read More
Amazon safety incidents: GMB Union demands inquiry following ‘600 injuries in the past 3 years’
February 18, 2020
The GMB has said that it's time for a Parliamentary inquiry into Amazon's working conditions following reports of 600 serious injuries or near misses in the past three years. Read More
Protests as London hospital cleaners ‘denied sick pay’
December 17, 2019
It’s simply wrong that outsourcing giants are making a profit from taxpayer’s money, off the backs of hardworking hospital staff, says GMB London Read More
Gig economy: Hermes couriers to be offered holiday pay
February 5, 2019
Couriers working for the delivery firm Hermes are to be offered holiday pay, as part of a deal struck with the GMB trade union. Read More
2016/17 workplace fatality figures show deaths are down – but it’s “no cause for celebration”
July 13, 2017
The HSE’s latest provisional workplace fatality figures show that 137 people died at work in 2016/17, the second lowest year Read More
GMB claims that Serco ‘dumped hazardous waste in drains’
September 19, 2016
Refuse, recycling and street cleaning union GMB has called on both the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and the Environment Read More
MPs’ committee investigates worker blacklisting
June 13, 2012
Unions are intensifying their efforts to secure a full public inquiry into the blacklisting of individuals deemed by certain companies to be "trouble-makers". Read More
Teacher injured in science-experiment blaze airlifted to hospital
December 1, 2011
A science teacher and the son of a colleague both sustained burns when an experiment in the school science lab involving a flammable substance went wrong. Read More
New faces on the HSE Board
July 23, 2010
Two new non-executive directors have been appointed to the Board of the Health and Safety Executive. Read More
Campaign and website launched to protect security staff
March 11, 2010
The GMB union has launched a campaign to demand better protection for front-line security personnel, complemented by a new website on which victims of attacks at work can log details of the incidents. Read More