News Archive - 2016

Although the "Dying to Work" campaign was being promoted by the TUC, which was talked about at Congress, it was only when Richard Oliver of the GMB gave a presentation at the GMB  Northwest Justice conference on the 8th October this year, I fully appreciated what the campaign was all about.  Having discussed it with a number of my GMB colleagues within the council, we made the decision to approach Mayor Anderson and Deputy Mayor Ann O'Byrne, to see whether Liverpool City Council would be wi

At the recent 2016 GMB Women's Conference, the GMB Women's Radical Network put on a play Changing the Water - Kitty Wilkinson, written by their very own Lorraine Winson and it was a huge success. Regional secretary Paul McCarthy, who the group blamed as responsible for insisting they put together a play for the event, expressed to conference how impressed he was with the groups efforts and how well they had done with very little resource or time.

The GMB Induction courses for new representatives are held at various offices in the region, provided by the GMB own education officers Alfie Jones and Ken Lowe. There are places available, so if you are interested please contact Julie in Education on 0151 727 0077 or email her at Julie.Dowling@gmb.org.uk

Your GMB membership offers you more security at work; with trade union representation on hand should you need support. Also in work places with GMB recognition, we are able to help members with collective negotiations.