Workers in Scotland are being asked to content themselves with crumbs from our own table. The renewables lobby and…
Posted 3rd September 2019
We’re at Ferguson Marine today, fighting to defend our members’ interests. It is the workers who are best placed…
Posted 27th August 2019
Our priority is the defence of jobs and work, and to ensure that Ferguson’s has a secure future for years…
"Our members who deliver the services are at breaking point". Gary Smith spoke to BBC Scotland's John Beattie today…
GMB Scotland's Gary Smith spoke to Good Morning Scotland today about the fight to secure work manufacturing EDF's huge offshore…
Posted 1st September 2019
We are so proud of our Glasgow Home Care Branch Secretary Shona Thomson, who today was announced as the winner…
GMB Scotland members are campaigning for Dundee City Council to reverse the imposition of the Managing Workforce Change Policy. …
This week saw unanimous backing across the Scottish Parliament for our joint campaign with the Scottish TUC and Unite, calling…
Posted 30th August 2019
GMB Scotland are balloting our members across Dundee City Council for strike action, following the Council's decision to impose their…
Posted 2nd September 2019
The climate emergency is here but the jobs of the future that are critical to delivering the ‘green energy revolution’…
Posted 11th August 2019
“Your Choice? No Choice!” Today, ASDA workers from across the country demonstrated outside ASDA HQ against the imposition of…
Posted 31st August 2019
Our members at Bakkavor in Bo'ness made the STV News last night with a very simple demand - a wage…
Full time workers shouldn't be in poverty. It's the message Nicola Sturgeon sent out today from STUC Congress…
Posted 29th August 2019
The Fraser of Allander Institute’s research shows that Scotland exports £14.9 billion pounds worth of goods and services to the…
GMB’s Scottish Secretary Gary Smith spent yesterday visiting the GMB members who have returned to work with BiFab at Arnish…
It was encouraging to hear at First Minister's Questions that Nicola Sturgeon shares the concerns about BiFab that we expressed…
Posted 28th August 2019
Our Dundee home care members just want to be valued, but Council leader John Alexander isn’t listening. At today’s…
Hermes couriers can now access guaranteed rates, holiday pay and a real voice in their workplace. There is power…
Our ballot over the NHS pay reform proposals tabled by STAC is reaching its final stages, closing on Monday 4th…
Our industrial action ballot gets underway this Monday. It is a crucial moment in our campaign against poverty pay in…
Posted 18th August 2019
GMB Scotland’s Shona Thomson was on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour this morning, after yesterday’s news that we’ve reached an…
Posted 23rd August 2019
We’re live from Glasgow City Chambers with Branch Secretary Shona Thomson and GMB Scotland Organiser Rhea Wolfson. ...and we’ve…
Posted 20th August 2019
GMB Scotland Organiser Karen Leonard has a message for our members in the Scottish Ambulance Service and NHS, who are…
After 4 Porters suffered puncture wounds while carrying out work involving clinical waste, GMB Scotland has advised its members not…
Posted 28th June 2019
GMB Scotland in Local Government – Important COSLA Pay Update This weekend school teachers may move to a strike…