GMB (trade union)

The GMB is a general trade union in the United Kingdom which has more than 560,000 members. They work in many different industries - in retail, security, schools, distribution, the utilities, social care, the National Health Service, ambulance service and local government.

It was made in 1982 when the  National Union of General and Municipal Workers joined with the Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths and Structural Workers.  Lots of smaller unions have joined it. Arthur Marsh and John B. Smethurst, Historical Directory of Trade Unions, vol.5, p.486

It is one of the three largest unions in the Labour Party.

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Category:Trade unions in the United Kingdom