32-593: The British Muslim Heritage Centre , formerly the GMB National College , College Road, Whalley Range , Manchester , England, is an early Gothic Revival building. The centre was designated a Grade II* listed building on 3 October 1974. The college was built as an independent (i.e. congregational ) college in 1840–43, the architects being Irwin and Chester. The site was in the new suburb whose development had been begun about 10 years earlier by Samuel Brooks; its name later became Whalley Range. The aim of
64-406: A "two-storey Gothic oriel (window)." The entrance and assembly halls were re-ordered by Alfred Waterhouse in 1876–80 and Pevsner considered them "disappointing, but the rooms along the piano nobile are very charming, their Gothic fireplaces, ceilings and doorcases nicely varied." During World War II , it was used to house refugee academics, mainly from Czecho-Slovakia . The later name of
96-494: A group of 19 drivers. As a consequence, The Pensions Regulator is considering if the ruling obliges Uber to create a workplace pension scheme. The ruling could have implications wider than just Uber, throughout the so-called gig economy . On 10 November 2017 the Employment Appeal Tribunal upheld the first tribunal's ruling. Uber indicated that it would appeal further. The law firm Leigh Day started
128-549: A landmark ruling if not overturned on appeal, the Central London Employment Tribunal ruled that Uber drivers are "workers" entitled to the minimum wage , paid holiday, sick leave and other normal worker entitlements, rather than self-employed . Two Uber drivers had brought the case to the employment tribunal with the assistance of the GMB Union on 20 July 2016, as a test case on behalf of
160-729: A national union, winning a series of disputes in 1889 and gaining concessions on pay, conditions, and the introduction of the Eight Hour Day for its members. GMB merge, beginning when the National Amalgamated Union of Labour (NAUL), National Union of General Workers (NUGW) and the Municipal Employees Association (MEA) in 1924 joined into a new union, named the National Union of General and Municipal Workers (NUGMW). Although
192-593: Is a general trade union in the United Kingdom which has more than 560,000 members. Its members work in nearly all industrial sectors, in retail, security, schools, distribution, the utilities, social care, the National Health Service (NHS), ambulance service and local government. Founded in March 1889, it grew rapidly under the inspirational leadership of Will Thorne (1857-1946), to become
224-590: The 2010 Labour Leadership Election , GMB endorsed Ed Miliband over his competitor and brother David Miliband . In 2013, GMB announced it was cutting its affiliation fund from £1.2m to £150,000 by reducing the number of members it affiliates from 420,000 to 50,000. In 2013, GMB Congress, the lay member ruling body, adopted a 14-point plan to encourage GMB members to become active in the Labour Party and to stand as Labour candidates for public office (Parliament and local government). GMB has two representatives on
256-643: The Lancashire Independent College was a project of the Lancashire Congregational Union to provide higher education for Non-Conformists who were excluded from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge until 1871. This included a new college building and moving the staff from Blackburn Academy which was then closed. The three founders were George Hadfield , Thomas Raffles and William Roby (minister of
288-607: The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Labour Party, Kathy Abu-Bakir and Gavin Sibthorpe. In Ireland, GMB is affiliated to the Irish Labour Party . While in the 2015 Labour leadership election GMB did not endorse a candidate, in the 2016 Labour leadership election , the union endorsed Owen Smith against incumbent leader Jeremy Corbyn . Under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn ,
320-805: The National Union of Gas Workers and General Labourers and one of the first Labour Members of Parliament . The credit union is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the PRA. Ultimately, like the banks and building societies, members' savings are protected against business failure by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme . On 28 October 2016, in
352-514: The EU single market. In 2008, GMB Congress voted to withdraw local funding from around a third of the 108 Labour MPs whose constituencies received support from GMB, due to the perception that some MPs within the party were treating workers with "contempt" and generally not working in the interests of the working class and GMB members. Despite this the Congress opposed disaffiliation from the party. In
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#1732790601388384-572: The GMB clashed with the party over the issues of Trident renewal and fracking , both of which are opposed by Corbyn. In the 2020 Labour leadership election , the GMB endorsed Lisa Nandy , who subsequently finished third. The GMB is led by a general secretary and treasurer. In 2005 Paul Kenny was appointed the acting general secretary, in place of Kevin Curran who stepped down after being suspended on full pay during an inquiry into ballot-rigging during
416-435: The GMB terminated the relationship because of Di Canio's political views. A GMB spokesman said: "He has openly voiced support for Mussolini so it beggars belief that Swindon could have appointed him, especially given the multi-ethnic nature of the team and the town." The union sponsored Port Vale for the 2013–14 football season. National Amalgamated Union of Labour The National Amalgamated Union of Labour ( NAUL )
448-635: The GMB through lawyers Leigh Day, had a similar outcome at an employment tribunal in Leeds on 25 June 2018. Hermes are considering an appeal. The GMB stated the ruling was likely to affect 14,500 Hermes couriers. General Secretary, Tim Roache, described it as: another nail in the coffin of the exploitative, bogus self-employment model which is increasingly rife across the UK ... Bosses can’t just pick and choose which laws to obey. Workers' rights were hard won, GMB isn’t about to sit back and let them be eroded or removed by
480-536: The GMB to become a safe and rewarding place for women. The report made 27 recommendations for change, on which the union's National President, Barbara Plant, promised to act. The GMB sponsors the Nottingham Panthers ice hockey team and the Castleford Tigers rugby league team. Until May 2011 it sponsored Swindon Town Football Club , but when Paolo Di Canio was appointed manager
512-620: The Grosvenor Street Chapel, London Road, Manchester). The Blackburn Academy arose from courses of lessons given to prospective Congregational ministers by William Roby who was supported by the Manchester merchant Robert Spear. When the principal, Joseph Fletcher , left for London the academy became the Lancashire Independent College and moved to Manchester. The college became known much later as
544-505: The Northern Congregational College. The similarity of design to an Oxbridge college is therefore easily understood. The marshy nature of the area, then called Jackson's Moss, meant that 4½ feet (135 cm) of peat had to be dug away before safe construction could begin. Nikolaus Pevsner commended the "long, very impressive, ashlar-faced, Gothic front." The wings culminate in a "tall, fanciful" tower, with
576-686: The Tyneside and National Labour Union of Great Britain and Ireland. The Annual Delegate Meeting of 1892 voted to change its name to the National Amalgamated Union of Labour. By 1897, it claimed 22,397 members, making it the fourth-largest union in the UK. It affiliated to the Trades Union Congress in 1912. While the union accepted all workers, most of its members were involved in shipbuilding, ship repair, and engineering. In North East England, it also represented
608-899: The building was purchased by the British Muslim Heritage Centre to "serve as a focus for Muslim heritage and identity in Britain". In January 2013 and 2014, the building was nominated for the Arts and Culture Awareness award at the British Muslim Awards . Nasar Mahmood currently serves as a trustee of the centre. He was awarded an OBE in the Queen's New Year Honours List in 2019. 53°26′56″N 2°15′52″W / 53.4490°N 2.2644°W / 53.4490; -2.2644 Italics denote building under construction GMB (union) The GMB
640-598: The college was the Northern Congregational College, who used the premises until 1985 when they joined the Northern Baptist College in Luther King House, Brighton Grove. The building became the national college of the GMB in the late 20th century and trained many trades-union negotiators. The GMB sold the college in 2004 as it was considered too expensive to maintain. After a period of uncertainty,
672-715: The latest loophole employers have come up with to make a few extra quid. GMB is one of the three largest affiliates of the Labour Party . It is a significant financial contributor to the party's national and local organisation. GMB gives Labour up to £2m a year in affiliation fees and other funds, making it the third largest union donor to the party. In 1991, GMB was the first British trade union to set up an office in Brussels and has been particularly engaged in seeking to influence European Union legislation that sets minimum standards for workers and for health and safety across
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#1732790601388704-648: The legal action against Uber on behalf of 25 members of the GMB union, which initially included J. Farrar and Y. Aslam, although the two pursued this latest case with a different union, the Independent Worker's Union of Great Britain . On 10 February 2017 a similar case involving Pimlico Plumbers was confirmed at the Court of Appeal . A worker who had suffered a heart attack was found to have been unfairly or wrongfully dismissed. Another similar case against parcel delivery company Hermes Group , supported by
736-548: The majority of dockers, and many iron and steel workers, while in South Yorkshire, it represented most surface workers at coal mines. In London, it represented many cement workers, and around the country it had a significant number of chemical workers, builders' labourers and tramway maintenance workers. Following mergers with a large number of small trade unions, including the London and Counties Labour League , by 1919,
768-568: The new union was one of the largest in the country it grew relatively slowly over the following decades; this changed in the 1970s when David Basnett created new sections for staff, and hotel and catering workers, and changed the union's name to the General and Municipal Workers' Union (GMWU) in 1974. In 1982, following a merger with the Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers, Shipwrights, Blacksmiths and Structural Workers (ASBSBSW),
800-541: The one other candidate, Paul McCarthy. Roache took up the post in 2016, but resigned in April 2020 after allegations of harassment. This post was known as "assistant general secretary" until 1935. This position was known as "Chair of the Executive" or "National Chairman" from 1938 until the early 1990s. In 2020, following the resignation of general secretary Tim Roache and subsequently receiving anonymous allegations,
832-459: The union conducted a barrister-led internal inquiry. This concluded that bullying, misogyny, cronyism and sexual harassment were "endemic" within the union. More specifically the report stated "The GMB is institutionally sexist. The General Secretaries and all regional secretaries are, and always have been, men. Women are underrepresented throughout the GMB’s ranks", concluding that culture must change for
864-585: The union had 148,000 members spread across the UK and was led by Joseph N. Bell . He formed the National Amalgamated Workers Union as a loose confederation with the Municipal Employees Association (MEA) and the Workers Union , but this dissolved in 1922, shortly before Bell's death. Membership peaked at 170,000 in 1920, but then dropped rapidly, falling to only 53,000 by 1924. Women were initially not permitted to join
896-404: The union since then consisting of GMB Commercial Services, GMB Manufacturing, and GMB Public Services. Thorne Credit Union Limited is a savings and loans co-operative established by the trade union for its members in 1998. Trading as TCU Money, it began life as GMB Lancashire Region Credit Union and was rolled out nationwide in 2000. TCU is named after Will Thorne , founder of NUGW forerunner,
928-693: The union was renamed the General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trade Union (GMBATU). This was sometimes shortened to "GMB", which in 1987 became the official name of the union. For several years following the highly contested merger boilermaker members retained a distinct identity in GMB's Craft Section. The union has absorbed the following smaller unions: In 1992, the GMB for the first time allocated all of its members to one of eight industrial sections: clothing and textiles; commercial services; construction, furniture and allied; energy and utilities; engineering; food and leisure; process; and public services. The GMB's sections were rationalised in 2006, with
960-469: The union's leadership election. The episode was seen as a power struggle between the national office and powerful regional heads, led by Kenny, who opposed centralisation. Kenny had lost the 2003 vote to Curran. In May 2006, Kenny was elected unopposed as general secretary. Tim Roache was elected as general secretary and treasurer in November 2015, receiving 56.7% of the vote on a turnout of 4.2%, beating
992-536: The union, but this policy was changed, and by 1921 it had 25,000 women members, but this fell dramatically to only 2,000 in 1924. In 1924, the union merged with the National Union of General Workers and the MEA to form the National Union of General and Municipal Workers . Of the union's former delegates, Spence became Assistant General Secretary of the new union, while Alfred James Bailey , Sam Bradley and Tom Williamson became district secretaries. From 1914 to 1922,
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1024-794: Was a general union in the United Kingdom . The trade union was founded in Feb 1889 as the United Tyne and District Labourers Association and in March 1889 the Amalgamated Society of Shipyard Helpers and General Labourers of the River Wear merged with it. By 1890 the union was recruiting heavily in the London, Belfast and Barrow areas and absorbed the Sheffield and District Navvies and General Labourers Society and changed its name to
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