Britain's General Union

GMB is a campaigning trade union focused on protecting GMB members in their workplaces and growing the number of GMB members in order to strengthen the Union's power.

GMB is a general union - which means that anyone can join. GMB has almost 630,000 members working in every part of the economy. One in every 32 people at work in the UK is a member of GMB.

GMB has members in every part of the economy doing every type of job imaginable, working full and part time, from a wide and diverse cross section of society.

GMB offers protection at work and solves problems for members every day of the year, providing back up, representation and advice on every issue related to work.

GMB employs a team of experts including legal specialists, health and safety experts, pension specialists, human resource staff and experts on terms and conditions.

GMB has been in existence for over 12 decades, formed from a number of unions that have merged over the last 120 years to become Britain's General Union.