Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The GMB is a general trade union in the United Kingdom, and has more than 700,000 members. The GMB originates from a merger of four smaller trade unions in 1924, named the National Union of General and Municipal Workers. Aftre many more mergers, it became known as the General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trade Union in 1982, from the initials of which its present name is derived. The union is led by a general secretary. See also: List of trade unions List of general secretaries of the GMB 1924–1934 Will Thorne 1934–1946 Charles Dukes 1946–1961 Tom Williamson 1962–1973 Jack Cooper 1973–1985 David Basnett 1986–2003 John Edmonds 2003– Kevin Curran External link GMB official website This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.