Apr 16, 2020 | Coronavirus, News
The GMB union’s recent call for the Government to meet with supermarkets and the FDF about food worker safety follows the story and video footage published by The Guardian newspaper, which was secretly filmed at a Bakkavor site. Food Management Today has decided...
Sep 2, 2019 | Brexit, News
Former Prime Minster Gordon Brown has backed calls by GMB, the union for food workers, food charity Hope Not Hate and the alliance for better food and farming Sustain, to demand Boris Johnson comes clean on the potentially disastrous risks a no deal Brexit will have...
Feb 1, 2019 | News, Retailing
The Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling that Asda store staff can compare their roles with those in the supermarket’s distribution centres. The judgment follows an Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal against Asda’s attempts to – in the words of GMB...
Jun 25, 2018 | Brexit, News
GMB, the energy union, is calling on the Government to intervene in the CO2 supply chain concern to protect UK interests. A shortage in food-grade carbon dioxide is currently causing issues for the UK food and drink industry. GMB has said that the CO2 supply news is...
May 16, 2018 | News, Retailing
Trade unions GMB and Unite say Unilever has some serious questions to answer about whether information was withheld from staff regarding the closure of its Colman’s mustard facility in Norwich. Following this announcement, which was made in January 2018, the...
