GMB (Organization)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
GMB (Organization)
Start period
1989
Type of corporate body
Labor unions
Associated country
Great Britain
England
Place of residence/headquarters
London (England)
Field of activity
Industrial relations
Associated Language
eng
See Also From tracing corporate name
Predecessor: General, Municipal, Boilermakers, and Allied Trades Union
Predecessor: Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q1485928
Library of congress: nb2005016275
Sources of Information
  • The union, winter 1990:t.p. (GMB)
  • GMB WWW site, 25 Oct. 2005:history (General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trade Union formed in 1982; GMB was adopted as its official title in 1989; for the historically minded the G derives from General, the M from Municipal and the B from Boilermakers but GMB is not an abbreviation for these titles; so many unions have merged with GMB that the initials are its official name); 5 June 2014: home p. (GMB; GMB National Office, 22 Stephenson Way, Euston, NW1 2HD)
  • BL auth. file, 25 Oct. 2005(hdg.: GMB)
  • GMB www site, 26 Oct. 2006:history (The Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff (APEX) joined GMB in 1989)
  • LCN