GMB
This coverage examines the activities, negotiations, and campaigns of the GMB union as they relate to the UK retail sector. Reports focus on industrial action, wage disputes, collective bargaining outcomes, and the union’s influence on working conditions across retail businesses. With insights into how GMB initiatives impact employers, employees, and wider retail operations, the reporting supports executives, managers, and professionals navigating workforce relations within their organisations.
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May- 2023 -11 MayOnline & Digital
Amazon workers make formal bid for CAC recognition
The GMB union has submitted a bid for formal recognition to the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) for its members at Amazon Coventry. The CAC, which regulates collective bargaining between workers and employers, will now consider the bid after a ten day opportunity for Amazon to resolve recognition ended. It is…
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5 MayNews
Two UK warehouses back industrial strike against Amazon
Workers in Amazon’s Mansfield and Rugeley fulfilment centres will now take part in a binding vote on strike action today (5 May) after GMB announced the move. More than 150 workers at the two sites overwhelmingly backed strikes in a consultative ballot. Now union members will now vote on a…
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Apr- 2023 -27 AprilSupermarkets
Asda and EG merger threatens food supply and jobs, says GMB
The merger between Asda and petrol forecourt business EG Group will threaten the UK’s food supply, fuel prices and 100,000 jobs, the GMG union told the trade secretary Kemi Badenoch in a letter. In the letter, the union pointed out that Asda’s debts are already thought to be more than…
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26 AprilSupply Chain
Amazon workers in Coventry start union recognition process
GMB union has confirmed that it has started the process for Amazon Coventry’s union recognition, following two weeks of strike action by workers at the fulfilment centre. Almost 700 Amazon Coventry workers are now GMB members, a number the union believes is more than half of workers at the site…
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Mar- 2023 -23 March
Amazon staff set for more strikes after ‘insulting’ pay offer
Amazon workers in the UK are planning further strikes after receiving what they called an “insulting” 50p-an-hour increase in base pay for warehouse workers. Amazon stated that it will increase the minimum starting salary of its UK workforce by at least 50p to between £11 and £12 per hour from…
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Feb- 2023 -28 February
Amazon workers to strike for second time
Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Coventry have begun a second day of industrial action in a dispute over pay and conditions. The action comes after workers were offered a 50p per hour pay increase, something they believe is not enough. The GMB union is calling for a pay rise…
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16 FebruaryHigh Street
Wilko to axe over 400 jobs as sales fall
Wilko is reportedly set to axe over 400 jobs across the company as part of plans to cut costs amid struggling sales. According to The Guardian, those affected by the cuts may include assistant store managers, retail supervisors, head office managers and call centre workers. The group reportedly told staff…
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14 FebruarySupply Chain
Amazon workers in Coventry to hold further strike action
Workers at Amazon have announced that a further seven days of strike action are set to take place at the company’s Coventry warehouse. More than 350 staff at the West Midland fulfilment centre will walk out on 28 February, 2 March and from 13 to 17 March. It comes as…
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8 FebruaryAnalysis
What the Amazon strikes mean for the retail industry
Last month, Amazon workers staged its first ever strike in the UK, with hundreds of fulfilment centre employees voting to walk out “in anger” over the company’s 50p per hour pay offer and poor working conditions. An industrial action ballot saw a majority of more than 98 per of workers…
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Jan- 2023 -30 JanuarySupermarkets
Asda faces strike action after plans to cut jobs and reduce pay
Asda workers are reportedly planning strike action after the supermarket unveiled plans that could place 300 roles at risk across the business, and affect the pay of over 4,000 hourly-paid workers. A union source told Sky News that GMB representatives met last week after Asda first revealed its set of…
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