30 April 2024
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CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS (CEC) - IMPORTANT INFORMATION

CEC Election Booklet

The above booklet is presently being sent to all GMB members in the region, as part of the Central Executive Council election ballot. It has been brought to our attention that one of the Candidates in the Women's Reserved Seat election has some wording missing from their statement contained in the booklet produced by the Independent Scrutineer.

To remedy this, please see the correct election statements below of both candidates for the Women's Reserved Seat, for your information.

A link to this webpage has been sent out to members by text.

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17 April 2024
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19 March 2024
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18 January 2024
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NORTHERN IRELAND PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS STRIKE OVER PAY AND GRADING INJUSTICE

GMB North West & Irish Region

Today our GMB Northern Ireland public sector members took to the picket lines over an ongoing pay and grading dispute, as well as dignity and respect at work. 

The cost-of-living crisis is worse in Northern Ireland than anywhere else in the United Kingdom. Instead of the Tory government using our members as pawns in a political game, it is about time they acknowledge that they are worth more! 

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31 December 2023
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GREAT BRITAIN LACROSSE TEAM IN THE FINAL VERSUS GERMANY

GMB UNION IN SUPPORT OF JAMIE POWELL AT THE LACROSSE FINAL.

GMB UNION IN SUPPORT OF JAMIE POWELL AT THE LACROSSE FINAL.

We wish Jamie and his team all the very best of luck in Hong Kong, our union is behind you. As a trade union we understand how hard it is for amateur sports people to support their passion and keen to help Jamie and the Lacrosse team Great Britain, as we do in the workplace for people on the shop floor.

Jamie sent us this message,

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11 May 2023
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A glimmer of hope for Daniel’s family as documents relating to his murder are found in a locked cabinet at Scotland Yard

Alastair Morgan speaking at our Campaigns for Justice Conference (2018)

Alastair Morgan speaking at our Campaigns for Justice Conference (2018)

Since his tragic murder in 1987, members of Daniel Morgan’s family – notably his brother Alastair – have been campaigning for justice for the last 35 years. Earlier this week, at least seventy documents, comprised of ninety-five pages, which should have been given to the official policing inspectorate, as part of the inquiry into Daniel’s murder, were found inside a locked cabinet inside the Metropolitan Police’s HQ in Scotland Yard.

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9 May 2023
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3 May 2023
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2 May 2023
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GMB Union Members at Sherwin Williams Demand a Better Pay Deal

GMB North West & Irish Region

Last year, our members at Sherwin Williams (Speke, Liverpool) reluctantly accepted a 4% pay rise. This year, they are determined to receive a better pay offer, which equates for the changes throughout the site; including a smaller workforce, a 33.9% increase in retained profits on the previous years and an enormous turnaround in the site's productivity and standards. 

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12 April 2023
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ASDA UNION GMB UPDATE ON TWILIGHT CONSULTATION - REMOVAL OF STORES

ASDA UNION GMB UPDATE ON TWILIGHT CONSULTATION - REMOVAL OF STORES

An update for GMB union members at Asda on the twilight consultation - removal of stores

Dear Members

Following on from the hard work of our National Representatives, a further 56 ASDA stores have been removed from the original proposal, and Colleagues at those stores are no longer at risk of redundancy.

This comes after ASDA looked into the challenges raised by GMB union with regards to the current night operation, things that would make the new proposal very difficult to operate.

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