GMB Local Government Update December 2017


Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce that we are launching the first part of our #WeCare at Christmas
The website and thank you card are live here - https://www.gmb-wecare.org/

On the 25th and the 26th November, the fifth annual GMB Young Members summit was held by Scotland Region.

Ministers must urgently make the strongest possible challenge to the actions of Boeing and Trump administration to protect livelihoods and communities of the Bombardier workforce

Colleagues the GMB are organising

GMB Regional Secretary Paul McCarthy:

Donald Trump’s US Administration in aggressive stance against Northern Ireland workers is the tip of iceberg for Europe, says GMB union
GMB, the union for Bombardier workers, has sent an urgent delegation to Brussels to demand action from the EU on Bombardier.

Ballot Papers will be going out today and action is being called, as a result of three GMB Senior trade union reps in the Northwest region; being suspended since 8th August on allegations of Bullying.
The GMB and Unite memberships have presently taken two days of Strike Action against Arriva Buses who are insisting that they cannot improve the present pay offer put to their employees after several months of negotiations.
The Joint memberships response has been to inform the Company that they will now be extending the Strike action to take in the this Monday 30th October 2017 and Monday 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th November 2017.

John and Penny Clough spoke at the recent 17 Annual GMB Women’s Conference, held in Liverpool and hosted by the GMB Women’s Network as part of the North West and Irish Region.