VAUXHAULL COMMUNITY LAW & INFORMATION CENTRE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GMB TRADE UNION
The Centre provides legal advice relating to all areas of social welfare law, particularly relating to welfare benefits, housing, and debt.
The Centre provides legal advice relating to all areas of social welfare law, particularly relating to welfare benefits, housing, and debt.
At the start of the pandemic we were overwhelmed with calls from members concerned at the lack of PPE/ screens masks etc, no monitoring of social distancing & excessive numbers of customers in stores
We pushed the Company to provide everything you needed to minimize the risks& whilst they were a bit slow off the mark at the beginning, they have done what they needed to do under Government guidelines
Access to the GMB Union Redundancy Toolkit – A useful tool available to all members that guides you through some of the important things to consider
The following support is available to all GMB members in the North West and Irish Region. Working alongside the ReachOut project and a number of partners across the region support has been established for GMB members to access whenever you need it.
Date: 3rd September 2020
Ref: External investigation
Agreement has been reached between the National Employers and the NJC Trade Union Side on rates of pay applicable from 1 April 2020.
GMB trade union and UNISON both voted to accept whilst Unite voted to reject. However, in line with the Constitution of the NJC, Unite accepts the collective majority decision of the other unions that the pay award will now be implemented.
GMB Union wrote to the Education Secretary in July challenging the Government’s position on face coverings
GMB, the union for school staff, says the Government's u-turn on face coverings shows Ministers must learn to listen to workers.
Karen Leonard, GMB National Officer, said:
Food glorious food…
That catchy tune from the musical version of Dickens ‘Oliver’, how sad that for many children in 2020 Britain they still face daily hunger in one of the richest countries in the developed world.
GMB union members ballot for strike action at Northern Gas Networks. 98% of GMB Union members have voted to go to an official Industrial action ballot over pay.
Northern Gas Networks (NGN) have made a derisory offer to GMB members which has been overwhelmingly rejected.
Whilst the COVID 19 crisis had interrupted pay talks which begun before the lockdown, the initial offer from the company was rejected with Union officials asking the company to come back with an improved offer.
GMB union want to work with Centrica on the business recovery. GMB Trade Union is the biggest union in British Gas and PH Jones, with over 10,000 members in every part of the business - 80% of the union membership in the company – and with members in almost every parliamentary constituency in the UK.
GMB union in Northern Ireland say reopening of many schools leaves many vital questions unanswered
The Joint Negotiating Trade Union Side consists of NIPSA, UNISON, GMB union and UNITE representing over 15,000 Support Staff employed across the entire Education Sector, we are gravely concerned about the arrangements for the reopening of schools.