Please register to be part of this online event #STRONGERTOGETHER
Campaign organisation JUST A BALL GAME? (JBG?) are very pleased announce their first online #StrongerTogether event will takes place in partnership with GMB Trade Union on Saturday 19th June 2021.
It is time the board stopped thinking about just the money and considered their long serving colleagues’ job security and offering real choice to customers.
For the past weeks we have been in consultation with ASDA over the proposals to end scratch baking, replace with part baked products and make our skilled bakers redundant.
Thank you for all our members who have told us their views which have been passed on through the consultation to ASDA.
Too many employers are already breaking the law by ignoring health and safety regulations.
We are still fighting for access to information, to this day for the Cammell Laird 37.
Giovanna Holt, GMB union North West & Irish region senior organiser, talks to Eddie Marnell from the Cammell Laird 37 campaign for justice; about progress and the next steps.
GMB union concern for workers who can’t afford to take time off work and lose pay or even their jobs.
There is a double whammy health risk from COVID-19. The first obviously is catching the virus, with the possibility of death or long Covid, both with devastating effects, impacting on families and our communities.
''The GMB union has supported us from day one. The North West & Irish region had confidence in us and would go out of their way to encourage and help us in any way they could.''
The Disabled Workers Group currently meet every 6-8 weeks
The regions Disabled Workers Group held their first event on Microsoft Teams this week. The event saw some of our disabled activists sharing their experiences in work, while travelling and also had some practical guidance around benefit advice.
Today we remember all those who have died as a result of work and promise to fight for all those at risk.
International Workers Memorial Day is a day when we remember all those who have died because of work. In the UK since records were kept, more than 50,000 people have died because of exposure to hazardous substances, to chemicals and toxic working practices, including 5,000 from across the North West.
This month of April we remember deaths at work across the world on International Workers Memorial Day (April 28)
The Health & Safety At Work Act was introduced in 1974, after decades of campaigning by trade unions to bring better protection to working people.
It’s no longer unusual to see a woman bus driver, firefighter or engineer turn up at your house to repair an electrical fault.
During the month of March we celebrated Women’s History Month with some of our regional activists taking part in various events both locally and nationally. The North West & Iish region held an International Women’s Day event, there was TUC Women’s Conference and various national intersectional womens events have also taken place.
Address:
GMB trade union
North West & lrish Region
Regional Office
Columbus Quay
Riverside Drive
Liverpool
L3 4GB
Phone: 0151 727-0077
Email:info@gmbnorthwest.co.uk
