GMB Union North West & Irish
@gmbnwi.org.uk
Organising and campaigning to #MakeWorkBetter. Winning for members since 1889! ✊⚒️
Promoted by GMB union, 22 Stephenson Way, London, NW1 2HD.
Promoted by GMB union, 22 Stephenson Way, London, NW1 2HD.
🎄 Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! 🎉
From all of us at GMB, thank you for your support, we look forward to making work better in 2026! ☃️
📅 Check the graphic below for our holiday opening hours. 👇
Stay safe & enjoy the celebrations! 🥳
From all of us at GMB, thank you for your support, we look forward to making work better in 2026! ☃️
📅 Check the graphic below for our holiday opening hours. 👇
Stay safe & enjoy the celebrations! 🥳
December 23, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🎄 Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! 🎉
From all of us at GMB, thank you for your support, we look forward to making work better in 2026! ☃️
📅 Check the graphic below for our holiday opening hours. 👇
Stay safe & enjoy the celebrations! 🥳
From all of us at GMB, thank you for your support, we look forward to making work better in 2026! ☃️
📅 Check the graphic below for our holiday opening hours. 👇
Stay safe & enjoy the celebrations! 🥳
How it started: ❌ Factory closure, 300+ jobs gone
How it’s going: ✅ £10k bonuses, better pensions, 250 jobs saved
💪 Union power wins!
👉 Full story & what this means for our members 🎥👇
🔗 www.gmb.org.uk/news/christm...
How it’s going: ✅ £10k bonuses, better pensions, 250 jobs saved
💪 Union power wins!
👉 Full story & what this means for our members 🎥👇
🔗 www.gmb.org.uk/news/christm...
December 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
How it started: ❌ Factory closure, 300+ jobs gone
How it’s going: ✅ £10k bonuses, better pensions, 250 jobs saved
💪 Union power wins!
👉 Full story & what this means for our members 🎥👇
🔗 www.gmb.org.uk/news/christm...
How it’s going: ✅ £10k bonuses, better pensions, 250 jobs saved
💪 Union power wins!
👉 Full story & what this means for our members 🎥👇
🔗 www.gmb.org.uk/news/christm...
🌍🏆 Celebrating Safety & Sustainability Champions!
Huge congrats to Dave Morrison & Antony Allen for H&S Awards at AstraZeneca.
Dave: cut gown waste (£15K saved) + SHE Hero Gold.
Antony: saved 1.2M litres water yearly (£10K saved), enough for 180 UK homes!
👏 Incredible work!
Huge congrats to Dave Morrison & Antony Allen for H&S Awards at AstraZeneca.
Dave: cut gown waste (£15K saved) + SHE Hero Gold.
Antony: saved 1.2M litres water yearly (£10K saved), enough for 180 UK homes!
👏 Incredible work!
December 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
🌍🏆 Celebrating Safety & Sustainability Champions!
Huge congrats to Dave Morrison & Antony Allen for H&S Awards at AstraZeneca.
Dave: cut gown waste (£15K saved) + SHE Hero Gold.
Antony: saved 1.2M litres water yearly (£10K saved), enough for 180 UK homes!
👏 Incredible work!
Huge congrats to Dave Morrison & Antony Allen for H&S Awards at AstraZeneca.
Dave: cut gown waste (£15K saved) + SHE Hero Gold.
Antony: saved 1.2M litres water yearly (£10K saved), enough for 180 UK homes!
👏 Incredible work!
Invest in Jobs 🏭
Yesterday, GMB reps at AstraZeneca Macclesfield sat down with local Labour MPs to talk about the urgent need for more investment in pharma 💊 and manufacturing ⚙️ across the North West.
Stronger investment = stronger jobs 💼 and a stronger future for our region! 💪
Yesterday, GMB reps at AstraZeneca Macclesfield sat down with local Labour MPs to talk about the urgent need for more investment in pharma 💊 and manufacturing ⚙️ across the North West.
Stronger investment = stronger jobs 💼 and a stronger future for our region! 💪
December 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Invest in Jobs 🏭
Yesterday, GMB reps at AstraZeneca Macclesfield sat down with local Labour MPs to talk about the urgent need for more investment in pharma 💊 and manufacturing ⚙️ across the North West.
Stronger investment = stronger jobs 💼 and a stronger future for our region! 💪
Yesterday, GMB reps at AstraZeneca Macclesfield sat down with local Labour MPs to talk about the urgent need for more investment in pharma 💊 and manufacturing ⚙️ across the North West.
Stronger investment = stronger jobs 💼 and a stronger future for our region! 💪
🎄 Spreading Joy This Christmas! 🎁
Our region came together in an incredible way for the Christmas Toy Appeal.
Thanks to your generosity, through toys & donations, we've supported charities such as Mission Christmas, Come Together Christmas Appeal, Operation Christmas, alongside local children. ❤️
Our region came together in an incredible way for the Christmas Toy Appeal.
Thanks to your generosity, through toys & donations, we've supported charities such as Mission Christmas, Come Together Christmas Appeal, Operation Christmas, alongside local children. ❤️
December 16, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🎄 Spreading Joy This Christmas! 🎁
Our region came together in an incredible way for the Christmas Toy Appeal.
Thanks to your generosity, through toys & donations, we've supported charities such as Mission Christmas, Come Together Christmas Appeal, Operation Christmas, alongside local children. ❤️
Our region came together in an incredible way for the Christmas Toy Appeal.
Thanks to your generosity, through toys & donations, we've supported charities such as Mission Christmas, Come Together Christmas Appeal, Operation Christmas, alongside local children. ❤️
Happy Chanukah to everyone celebrating! 🕎
December 15, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Happy Chanukah to everyone celebrating! 🕎
🔥 GMB is fighting for YOU 🫵
Across the public and private sectors we’re campaigning for better:
💷 Pay
⚖️ Terms & conditions
👷 Safety at work
And so much more...
👉 Join GMB today and make your voice heard: www.gmb.org.uk/about/why-jo...
Across the public and private sectors we’re campaigning for better:
💷 Pay
⚖️ Terms & conditions
👷 Safety at work
And so much more...
👉 Join GMB today and make your voice heard: www.gmb.org.uk/about/why-jo...
December 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
🔥 GMB is fighting for YOU 🫵
Across the public and private sectors we’re campaigning for better:
💷 Pay
⚖️ Terms & conditions
👷 Safety at work
And so much more...
👉 Join GMB today and make your voice heard: www.gmb.org.uk/about/why-jo...
Across the public and private sectors we’re campaigning for better:
💷 Pay
⚖️ Terms & conditions
👷 Safety at work
And so much more...
👉 Join GMB today and make your voice heard: www.gmb.org.uk/about/why-jo...
There’s still no NHS clinical school nursing service. Kids with medical needs are falling through the cracks. 🤕
We need NHS-led clinical school nursing in every state school. Safe care for children. Proper protection for support staff. 🧑⚕️
Sign our petition now! 📢
We need NHS-led clinical school nursing in every state school. Safe care for children. Proper protection for support staff. 🧑⚕️
Sign our petition now! 📢
End Unsafe Practices! NHS School Nursing Service for All
In both recent surveys members told us so many stories that are incredibly concerning, we have included just a handful of quotes from Teaching Assistants below. We hope you can understand why we are a...
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December 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
There’s still no NHS clinical school nursing service. Kids with medical needs are falling through the cracks. 🤕
We need NHS-led clinical school nursing in every state school. Safe care for children. Proper protection for support staff. 🧑⚕️
Sign our petition now! 📢
We need NHS-led clinical school nursing in every state school. Safe care for children. Proper protection for support staff. 🧑⚕️
Sign our petition now! 📢
Workers at Luxfer MEL in Salford are standing up for a guaranteed voice at work 💪
With the company set to scrap its voluntary union agreement, GMB members are pushing for strong, legally protected recognition to keep their say on pay, conditions and fairness 🔧✊
www.gmb.org.uk/news/salford...
With the company set to scrap its voluntary union agreement, GMB members are pushing for strong, legally protected recognition to keep their say on pay, conditions and fairness 🔧✊
www.gmb.org.uk/news/salford...
Salford chemical workers in rights fight
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November 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Workers at Luxfer MEL in Salford are standing up for a guaranteed voice at work 💪
With the company set to scrap its voluntary union agreement, GMB members are pushing for strong, legally protected recognition to keep their say on pay, conditions and fairness 🔧✊
www.gmb.org.uk/news/salford...
With the company set to scrap its voluntary union agreement, GMB members are pushing for strong, legally protected recognition to keep their say on pay, conditions and fairness 🔧✊
www.gmb.org.uk/news/salford...
The Conservative Party have decided to paint this as the “The Benefits Budget” – proving that they haven’t changed their thinking one bit since 2010, and are wilfully ignorant of the impact their austerity policies had on our country, on families and on workers.
November 28, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The Conservative Party have decided to paint this as the “The Benefits Budget” – proving that they haven’t changed their thinking one bit since 2010, and are wilfully ignorant of the impact their austerity policies had on our country, on families and on workers.
Where’s our Safe Leave?
Trade unions rallied at Stormont on 25 Nov, marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. They called out a 3.5-year delay in paid leave for domestic abuse survivors.
Trade unions rallied at Stormont on 25 Nov, marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. They called out a 3.5-year delay in paid leave for domestic abuse survivors.
November 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Where’s our Safe Leave?
Trade unions rallied at Stormont on 25 Nov, marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. They called out a 3.5-year delay in paid leave for domestic abuse survivors.
Trade unions rallied at Stormont on 25 Nov, marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. They called out a 3.5-year delay in paid leave for domestic abuse survivors.
Today is White Ribbon Day. 🎗
We stand together to end violence against women and girls.
This is a day to raise awareness, challenge harmful attitudes, and promote respect and equality.
Here's what our region is campaigning for. 👇
We stand together to end violence against women and girls.
This is a day to raise awareness, challenge harmful attitudes, and promote respect and equality.
Here's what our region is campaigning for. 👇
November 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Today is White Ribbon Day. 🎗
We stand together to end violence against women and girls.
This is a day to raise awareness, challenge harmful attitudes, and promote respect and equality.
Here's what our region is campaigning for. 👇
We stand together to end violence against women and girls.
This is a day to raise awareness, challenge harmful attitudes, and promote respect and equality.
Here's what our region is campaigning for. 👇
🔥 Two days of learning, campaigning, and building power in the NHS & Ambulance Sector! Training on Job Evaluation, workshops on union involvement, and fresh ideas on NHS Pay.
💪 We’re just getting started!
💪 We’re just getting started!
November 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
🔥 Two days of learning, campaigning, and building power in the NHS & Ambulance Sector! Training on Job Evaluation, workshops on union involvement, and fresh ideas on NHS Pay.
💪 We’re just getting started!
💪 We’re just getting started!
A huge thank you to groups @waronwant.bsky.social and Justice 4 Windrush for joining our Regional Equalities Conference last Friday!
Their insights made the day truly inspiring. 💫
Missed the sessions? Catch the highlights from our soapbox speakers here 👇
Their insights made the day truly inspiring. 💫
Missed the sessions? Catch the highlights from our soapbox speakers here 👇
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A huge thank you to groups @waronwant.bsky.social and Justice 4 Windrush for joining our Regional Equalities Conference last Friday!
Their insights made the day truly inspiring. 💫
Missed the sessions? Catch the highlights from our soapbox speakers here 👇
Their insights made the day truly inspiring. 💫
Missed the sessions? Catch the highlights from our soapbox speakers here 👇
2.5%? Not good enough. 🙅
The Government says NHS workers deserve just a 2.5% pay rise. 🏥🚑
📣 GMB says: the PRB is broken.
Ministers must step up and deliver the fair pay our health heroes deserve.
Read more here 👇
www.gmb.org.uk/news/nhs-pay...
The Government says NHS workers deserve just a 2.5% pay rise. 🏥🚑
📣 GMB says: the PRB is broken.
Ministers must step up and deliver the fair pay our health heroes deserve.
Read more here 👇
www.gmb.org.uk/news/nhs-pay...
NHS pay rise of 2.5 per cent 'not good enough'
The Government has made its recommendation to the PRB
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November 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
2.5%? Not good enough. 🙅
The Government says NHS workers deserve just a 2.5% pay rise. 🏥🚑
📣 GMB says: the PRB is broken.
Ministers must step up and deliver the fair pay our health heroes deserve.
Read more here 👇
www.gmb.org.uk/news/nhs-pay...
The Government says NHS workers deserve just a 2.5% pay rise. 🏥🚑
📣 GMB says: the PRB is broken.
Ministers must step up and deliver the fair pay our health heroes deserve.
Read more here 👇
www.gmb.org.uk/news/nhs-pay...
Today we honour those who gave their lives so we can live in peace and freedom. We also thank those who serve to protect these values.
We will never forget.
We will never forget.
November 11, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Today we honour those who gave their lives so we can live in peace and freedom. We also thank those who serve to protect these values.
We will never forget.
We will never forget.
🚨 Applications Now Open: GRASP
📅 Apply between 3/11 – 5/12 (12 noon)
GRASP supports Ethnically Diverse/Global Majority members to:
🌻 Grow in confidence
🙋 Develop leadership & organising skills
🚩 Step into active roles within their union & workplaces
Details ⬇️
🔗: www.gmb.org.uk/our-union/gr...
📅 Apply between 3/11 – 5/12 (12 noon)
GRASP supports Ethnically Diverse/Global Majority members to:
🌻 Grow in confidence
🙋 Develop leadership & organising skills
🚩 Step into active roles within their union & workplaces
Details ⬇️
🔗: www.gmb.org.uk/our-union/gr...
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🚨 Applications Now Open: GRASP
📅 Apply between 3/11 – 5/12 (12 noon)
GRASP supports Ethnically Diverse/Global Majority members to:
🌻 Grow in confidence
🙋 Develop leadership & organising skills
🚩 Step into active roles within their union & workplaces
Details ⬇️
🔗: www.gmb.org.uk/our-union/gr...
📅 Apply between 3/11 – 5/12 (12 noon)
GRASP supports Ethnically Diverse/Global Majority members to:
🌻 Grow in confidence
🙋 Develop leadership & organising skills
🚩 Step into active roles within their union & workplaces
Details ⬇️
🔗: www.gmb.org.uk/our-union/gr...
With gratitude and respect, we remember all who laid down their lives for our country.
November 9, 2025 at 8:33 AM
With gratitude and respect, we remember all who laid down their lives for our country.
A great start to our Regional Equalities Conference! 🌟
🙌 A huge thanks to our outgoing Equalities Officer
🗳️ Elections & a new constitution 📜
💬 Soapbox speakers tackling the big issues
Energy, solidarity & equality at the heart of our movement! ✊
🙌 A huge thanks to our outgoing Equalities Officer
🗳️ Elections & a new constitution 📜
💬 Soapbox speakers tackling the big issues
Energy, solidarity & equality at the heart of our movement! ✊
November 7, 2025 at 11:06 AM
A great start to our Regional Equalities Conference! 🌟
🙌 A huge thanks to our outgoing Equalities Officer
🗳️ Elections & a new constitution 📜
💬 Soapbox speakers tackling the big issues
Energy, solidarity & equality at the heart of our movement! ✊
🙌 A huge thanks to our outgoing Equalities Officer
🗳️ Elections & a new constitution 📜
💬 Soapbox speakers tackling the big issues
Energy, solidarity & equality at the heart of our movement! ✊
🎆 Happy Bonfire Night! 🎇
As we celebrate with fireworks and bonfires, let’s remember to look out for one another, including our furry friends who might not enjoy the bangs and flashes as much as we do. 🧡🐾
As we celebrate with fireworks and bonfires, let’s remember to look out for one another, including our furry friends who might not enjoy the bangs and flashes as much as we do. 🧡🐾
November 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
🎆 Happy Bonfire Night! 🎇
As we celebrate with fireworks and bonfires, let’s remember to look out for one another, including our furry friends who might not enjoy the bangs and flashes as much as we do. 🧡🐾
As we celebrate with fireworks and bonfires, let’s remember to look out for one another, including our furry friends who might not enjoy the bangs and flashes as much as we do. 🧡🐾
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Great to be amongst old comrades and friends at @gmbnwi.org.uk’s gas branch meeting on Saturday.
Gas will continue to be at the centre of our energy mix for decades to come.
Thank you to GMB members in gas whose work powers our industries and keeps all of us safe and warm.
Gas will continue to be at the centre of our energy mix for decades to come.
Thank you to GMB members in gas whose work powers our industries and keeps all of us safe and warm.
November 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Great to be amongst old comrades and friends at @gmbnwi.org.uk’s gas branch meeting on Saturday.
Gas will continue to be at the centre of our energy mix for decades to come.
Thank you to GMB members in gas whose work powers our industries and keeps all of us safe and warm.
Gas will continue to be at the centre of our energy mix for decades to come.
Thank you to GMB members in gas whose work powers our industries and keeps all of us safe and warm.
Our cauldron is bubbling over with union benefits: fair pay, job security, and many more! 🧪💀
This Halloween, there’s no tricks, just treats when you’re part of GMB Union. 🍬
🧡 Join today! 🎃 Click here to explore all our treats: www.gmb.org.uk/about/why-jo...
This Halloween, there’s no tricks, just treats when you’re part of GMB Union. 🍬
🧡 Join today! 🎃 Click here to explore all our treats: www.gmb.org.uk/about/why-jo...
October 31, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Our cauldron is bubbling over with union benefits: fair pay, job security, and many more! 🧪💀
This Halloween, there’s no tricks, just treats when you’re part of GMB Union. 🍬
🧡 Join today! 🎃 Click here to explore all our treats: www.gmb.org.uk/about/why-jo...
This Halloween, there’s no tricks, just treats when you’re part of GMB Union. 🍬
🧡 Join today! 🎃 Click here to explore all our treats: www.gmb.org.uk/about/why-jo...
These Knowsley Council workers have completed their equal pay forms for pay justice, HAVE YOU? 🤔
‼️ Don't delay, submit yours TODAY!
Full details 👉 gmbnwi.org.uk/knowsley-equ...
‼️ Don't delay, submit yours TODAY!
Full details 👉 gmbnwi.org.uk/knowsley-equ...
October 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
These Knowsley Council workers have completed their equal pay forms for pay justice, HAVE YOU? 🤔
‼️ Don't delay, submit yours TODAY!
Full details 👉 gmbnwi.org.uk/knowsley-equ...
‼️ Don't delay, submit yours TODAY!
Full details 👉 gmbnwi.org.uk/knowsley-equ...
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Great to be back in Barrow with @gmbnwi.org.uk’s Denise Walker and our fantastic shop stewards.
Huge investment in the skilled workforce on site, with the local Debenhams being converted to train thousands of apprentices.
Great news for the local economy and for our national security.
Huge investment in the skilled workforce on site, with the local Debenhams being converted to train thousands of apprentices.
Great news for the local economy and for our national security.
October 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Great to be back in Barrow with @gmbnwi.org.uk’s Denise Walker and our fantastic shop stewards.
Huge investment in the skilled workforce on site, with the local Debenhams being converted to train thousands of apprentices.
Great news for the local economy and for our national security.
Huge investment in the skilled workforce on site, with the local Debenhams being converted to train thousands of apprentices.
Great news for the local economy and for our national security.
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Our members are our strength.
We are so lucky to have Kelvin on Team GMB 🙌
We are so lucky to have Kelvin on Team GMB 🙌
October 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Our members are our strength.
We are so lucky to have Kelvin on Team GMB 🙌
We are so lucky to have Kelvin on Team GMB 🙌