Recently, GMB North West & Irish Region gained Trade Union recognition at Gledhill Building Products, Blackpool.
Before recognition, the management style was autocratic with enforced overtime alongside the archaic culture ‘If you don’t like it here, the gate is there’.
It took the courage of one man, John Sutton, to stand up and say enough is enough. John contacted the GMB and worked closely with Alan Collinge Regional Organiser until recognition was secured.