GMB members benefit from the protection and peace of mind of belonging to one of the UK's most professional and fastest growing Trade Unions. We have over 600,000 members nationally and a 25,000 strong army of Workplace Representatives, highly trained Full Time Officers and specialists in all areas of work including Health & Safety, Employment Law and pensions. In the North West & Irish region, we negotiate the terms and conditions of over 80,000 members in hundreds of workplaces from Chester right across to Buxton and up through Merseyside, Cheshire and Lancashire as far as Lancaster and Morecombe and right across Northern Ireland. GMB members are everywhere, in factories, shops, schools, offices and in local government and the NHS.