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The English courts are to hear a challenge to the judicial appointments process on the basis that it still involves "secret soundings" which act as a barrier to diversity on the bench. A member of the GMB trade union's dedicated branch for members of the judiciary is challenging the Judicial Appoint

Amazon faces a legal challenge over workers’ rights in the lead up to a vote which took place at the company’s Coventry warehouse. In total, 49.5 per cent of the 2,600 workers who voted backed union recognition at the Midlands facility in July last year, falling short by just 28 votes.

The GMB Judicial Branch has called for the removal of Helen Pitcher, chair of England and Wales' Judicial Appointments Commission. Judges made the call in an open letter to Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood yesterday.

GMB is now the union for judges after the first union branch in the country specifically for judges was opened this week. The branch consists of union members who work in the judicial system, which is traditionally a sector without trade union representation.

Unions have criticised the involvement of private companies in the justice sector following the collapse of three community rehabilitation companies (CRCs). Working Links, a private provider of probation services which manages thousands of offenders in Wales and south west England through three

Thousands of women workers will be given payouts of about £35,000 by the end of 2019 after equal pay campaigners reached a settlement with Scotland's largest council. Glasgow City Council and the joint claimant organisations, GMB, Unison, Unite and Action 4 Equality, have reached an agreement