Gmb Union

The problematic Prime Principle

01-Mar-2013 By Phil Dixon

The lady at the KLM check-in looked me straight in the eye and said: “Sorry Mr Dixon, we are not prepared to accede to your request for an upgrade.”

GMB to meet with Vince Cable's officials over self-regulation deal

19-Nov-2012

The GMB Union is to meet with officials from business secretary Vince Cable’s office today to discuss the self-regulation deal between pub companies and their tenants.

GMB’s grand claims were so much hot air

08-Sep-2011 By The PMA Team

It’s not known how many tenants paid to join the GMB on the back of its big claims. But for those that did, there’s a case for asking for your money back, says The PMA Team.

GMB: pubco rents give supermarkets the edge

08-Mar-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report

The GMB union has launched a fresh attack on rents charged by pub companies, which it blames for hastening a decline in sales at pubs against...

GMB attacks pubcos on tax

17-Sep-2010 By John Harrington

The GMB union has included pubcos in its attack on corporations that avoid paying tax. A GMB resolution, to be presented at the Labour Party...

Beware the GMB's dodgy promises

26-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team

Pub tenants need a strong trade group, but the GMB's efforts have been flawed, says The PMA Team.

Licensees' strike ballot "a disgrace", says pubco rep

29-Dec-2009 By Hamish Champ

The GMB union's approach to 22,000 pub tenants over the issue of industrial action has been labelled a "disgrace" by a spokesman for one of the UK's...

GMB eyes pub rent strikes

09-Nov-2009 By John Harrington

The GMB Union says it will ballot members on the possibility of industrial action to secure a better deal for pub tenants. The union has agreed to...

'Pubco mediation a sham', GMB tells EU

04-Sep-2009 By Ewan Turney

Anti-pubco campaigners will tell EU officials the pubco mediation process is a sham and action is needed to outlaw the beer tie. The GMB Union and...

Anti-pubco groups to lobby EU next month

19-Aug-2009 By John Harrington

Anti-pubco campaigners are to meet officials and MEPs in Europe next month to argue for action against the beer tie. Fair Pint and the GMB Union are...

Enterprise rebels join forces with GMB

23-Jun-2009 By Tony Halstead

Rebel Enterprise Inns licensees are to join forces with the GMB union to strengthen their hand in a bid to get a better deal from the pubco giant. A...

Third of Punch pubs 'churned' in three years

15-Apr-2009 By John Harrington

One in three Punch pubs has changed hands over the past three years, says the anti-pubco GMB union as it repeats its call for the beer tie to end

Enterprise wades in on pub closures row

06-Apr-2009 By Ewan Turney

The row over pub closure figures rumbles on with Enterprise claiming the GMB union figures are "inaccurate" and "highly misleading". Last week, the...

GMB union urges end to beer tie

31-Mar-2009 By John Harrington

1,131 tied pubs owned by seven pubcos have closed since December 2005 and action is needed, says GMB - but BBPA argues the tie has "nothing to do with closures

GMB cancels protest as bombs hit

14-Jul-2005

by John Harrington Union members abandoned their protest for higher wages for leisure industry staff following the bomb attacks in London last week....