Title: GMB (trade union) - Wikipedia
Headings: GMB (trade union)
GMB (trade union)
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Content: 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 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 the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Labour Party, Mary Turner and Cath Speight. In Ireland, GMB is affiliated to the Irish Labour Party. While in the 2015 Labour Leadership Election GMB didn't endorse a candidate, in the 2016 Labour Leadership Election, the union endorsed Owen Smith against incumbent leader Jeremy Corbyn . Under Jeremy Corbyn 's leadership of the Labour Party, the GMB has 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, GMB endorsed Lisa Nandy who subsequently finished last in the final round of voting.