GMB Southern Region

28/11/2025

As November comes to a close, GMB Southern Region marks the end of Islamophobia Awareness Month (IAM)

Islamophobia Awareness Month 2025 28 November 2025 Download as PDF   As November comes to a close, GMB Southern Region marks the end of Islamophobia Awareness Month (IAM).  IAM was started by a charity by the same name in 2012.  The launch happened after an event at the London Muslim Centre and h...

25/11/2025

"Ending violence against women and girls requires courage, commitment, and collective action. Advancing gender equality is how we build a more equal, safer world for everyone, where every woman and every girl can live a life free from violence" Dr Sima Bahous, Executive Director UN women

22/11/2025

Today in Bromley workers on strike for a second day. All they are demanding is fair pay. They currently@get the minimum wage wage and they want the London Living wage.

20/11/2025

Today we honour Transgender Day of Remembrance - reflecting, remembering, and standing against violence and discrimination toward trans and gender-diverse people.

14/11/2025

🩵 Trans Awareness Week 2025 🩷

This week, we honour our trans community and the courage it takes to stand up and be yourself.

More about how GMB campaigns with trans members take a look at our Trans and Non-Binary Equality at Work Toolkit

https://www.gmb.org.uk/gmb-equality/trans-non-binary-equality-work-campaign-toolkit

01/10/2025

On the first day of Black History Month GMB Southern region members are looking forward to our second Regional Race Conference on Saturday in Southwark. We are standing firm in power and pride.

We have a very small number of places left at the conference. If you are a GMB Southern Region member and want to attend please email michelle.gordon@gmb.org.uk

25/09/2025

Windsor and Maidenhead bin strike averted after GMB members accept 9 percent pay deal

SERCO in Windsor and Maidenhead proposed a deal which was accepted by our members to avoid a strike, which would have left bins uncollected across Windsor and Maidenhead, says GMB Union

SERCO in Windsor and Maidenhead proposed a deal which was accepted by our members to avoid a strike, which would have left bins uncollected across Windsor and Maidenhead, says GMB Union

24/09/2025

September is East and Southeast Asian(ESEA) Heritage Month. This year’s theme: Reframing Resilience.

The ESEA community is part of the fabric of the UK - making up 2.4% of the population in England and Wales, with vibrant communities also in Scotland and Northern Ireland, and has made significant contributions to culture, history and daily life across the country.

2025 also marks 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War, a milestone of remembrance and reflection.

Find out more about ESEA Heritage Month and how you can celebrate:

ESEA Heritage Month celebrates the contribution of people from East and South East Asia their traditions and cultures.

22/08/2025

Join us next Tuesday evening for a fascinating Webinar hosted by our Regional Equality Forum on the rise of the Far Right and how this affects our members at work.

Register here: 1502a8ae-0eb6-4ba5-891d-5bcb0bb3c5e0@7ebeed06-9d6b-4e5e-bb56-20195a43f286" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/1502a8ae-0eb6-4ba5-891d-5bcb0bb3c5e0@7ebeed06-9d6b-4e5e-bb56-20195a43f286

15/08/2025

Bromley parking wardens begin talks in fight against poverty pay

Bromley parking wardens begin talks in fight against poverty pay councilLocal GovernmentPayPrivatisationTraffic Wardens 15 August 2025 Download as PDF On Tuesday [19 August] GMB Union will sit down with Apcoa Parking, the private contractor running parking services for Bromley Council. Workers there...

18/07/2025

This week we have had a work experience student in the region. Aurora has written a brilliant article about our Strike at Kingston APCOA which you can read here:

“Kingston council, shame, shame.” “APCOA, shame, shame.” councilIndustrial ActionLiving WageLocal GovernmentPay 18 July 2025 Download as PDF Before the picket, I interviewed one GMB staff member and two striking workers, including the acting representative. The GMB worker I spoke to was Alex...

30/06/2025

Surrey school facing a Teaching Assistant strike unless management agree to talks. The proposed restructure would force redundancies on these vital workers, with parents also not consulted.

GMB seeking talks or the members will be forced to take industrial action