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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Jan- 2023 -25 JanuarySupply Chain
300 Amazon warehouse workers hold first UK strike
The GMB union has organised a strike for about 300 Amazon warehouse employees out of 1,000 at the e-commerce retailer’s Coventry depot today (Wednesday 25 January), the first to be held in the UK. The union has been working to boost its presence at the company, as today’s strike action…
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Oct- 2022 -31 OctoberHigh Street
Wilko increases staff pay to £10
Wilko has announced it has increased its entry level hourly rate to £10 – 50p above the national living wage. The pay increase comes after a successful national ballot of team members undertaken by the GMB trade union. The retailer said it is committed to an additional market forces temporary…
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Sep- 2022 -13 SeptemberAnalysis
Retailers’ demands of the new PM
Liz Truss is fresh in her new role as prime minister with enough enthusiasm to tweet, “it’s time to deliver for the people of the United Kingdom”, but while the new Tory leader was yet to be decided, business owners were left with fears that their upcoming winter troubles would…
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5 SeptemberFeatures
Are we set for a winter of strike action in the Retail industry?
As the RMT strike makes waves across the UK, the incoming cost-of-living-crisis has come into sharp focus. With energy bills set to skyrocket to unprecedented levels, concerns about how the public is going to survive the winter have been contrasted with rising profits from oil and gas companies. With coordinated…
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Aug- 2022 -16 AugustAnalysis
Staff satisfaction should be top of Amazon’s agenda
Amazon has been making plenty of headlines recently, with news of its recent Q2 financial results depicting a net loss of £1.6bn in spite of a 7% increase in sales. However, out of all the Amazon-related news circulating, its current battle with unions and the company’s refusal to offer staff…
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8 AugustNews
Amazon workers plan further strikes over 35p pay rise
Amazon workers are preparing for a further wave of strikes in British warehouses in the coming days as disagreement over pay and conditions escalate, according to the Telegraph. The announcement comes as workers at Amazon’s warehouse in Tilbury, Essex, walked out over what the GMB Union described as a “pathetic”…
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Apr- 2022 -7 AprilNews
Asda distribution workers vote for strike action amid sick pay dispute
The GMB Union has announced that thousands of Asda distribution workers have begun an consultative vote on industrial action over proposed cuts to sick pay and a real terms pay cut. It said bosses are trying to “force” through a pay deal which would see workers lose sick pay entitlement…
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Feb- 2022 -22 FebruaryNews
Asda strike looms after thousands turn down pay deal
An Asda strike has “moved closer” after thousands of distribution staff turned down a pay deal, according to the GMB. The supermarket, which has been negotiating with the GMB, the recognised trade union for ALS, made the following offer to colleagues last month. It should be noted this offer was…
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18 FebruaryCoronavirus
135,000 retail jobs lost amid pandemic
Almost 135,000 traditional retail jobs were lost during the course of the pandemic, according to an analysis of figures from trade union GMB. It found that in 2019, there were an estimated 1.2 million sales and retail assistants, retail cashiers and check-out operators in the UK. By 2021, however, this…
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Dec- 2021 -22 DecemberNews
Asda strike looms amid ‘unacceptable’ pay offer
GMB has announced that strike action at Asda has moved closer after thousands of workers said they were ready to walk out over the company’s “failure to make an acceptable pay offer”. The association’s representatives will meet after the next pay talks to agree the next steps in moving to…
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