Gmb Trade Union

BBG staff continue strikes after 'cruel' pay offer

18-Jul-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Strike action has continued at a Budweiser Brewing Group (BBG) site in Lancashire after workers downed tools for 36 hours from 7pm on Saturday 16 July to 7am on Monday 18 July amid pay disputes.

Labour will not commit to pubco-tenant manifesto pledge until 2015

13-Dec-2012 By Adam Pescod

Labour will not commit to a manifesto pledge on the pubco-tenant issue until 2015, and only if the self-regulation agreement has failed.

GMB calls for Punch debt-for-equity swap

17-Nov-2010 By Hamish Champ

The GMB trade union has called on Punch Taverns boss Ian Dyson to kick off debt-for-equity swap talks with the pubco's bondholders. The union said it...

GMB steps up pubco pressure with tenant meetings

08-Sep-2010 By Hamish Champ

The GMB trade union is to step up its pressure on the UK's pubcos next week when it hosts three meetings to discuss what it calls the overcharging of...

Hamish Champ: Confused logic?

23-Aug-2010 By Hamish Champ

There I was, thinking that the corporate side of the pub trade had dried up completely, and then along comes a private equity firm with an eye on...

Beware of EU prying into tie

19-Jun-2009 By Roger Protz

The GMB trade union should consider the overall impact before taking grievances over the tie to Europe, says Roger Protz.