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It is with an extremely heavy heart that we advise that our beloved National President Mary Turner passed away yesterday after a short illness.
Mary has been a trade union activist for over 60 years, and was a much loved and hugely respected member of the GMB Union.
Born in Tipperary, Mary moved to the North…
Posted: 18
Pressure is building on the Government to reverse the Public Sector pay cap.
Over 760,000 jobs have been lost in the Public Sector since June 2010, but the same amount of work remains on top of shrinking pay packets. As a result local services, and those reliant on them are suffering.
The cap is not…
Posted: 18
Darren James, Branch Secretary joined TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady and union members from sister Trade Unions in Westminster yesterday (17th July 2017) to deliver the TUC’s petition calling for the Public Sector pay cap to be lifted to the Treasury.
Speaking in London, Darren said “We welcome the TUC’s support for the campaign…
Posted: 7
Our vital public sector workers have had thousands pinched with a decade of real terms pay cuts.
Since 2010, the average public sector worker has had nearly £9,000 pinched, and is set to lose a further £4,000 by 2020. That’s £13,000 lost through a decade of pay cuts.
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Our campaign to end the Public Sector Pay Pinch is working.
On Wednesday (28th June 2017), Labour was narrowly defeated in a Parliamentary vote calling for an end to the public sector pay cap.
They might have fallen just 14 votes short, but before the vote the Government gave the strongest sign yet that…
Posted: 3
Public sector workers have lost out on thousands over the last seven years, now they need proper pay rises to make up for the damage that’s been done.
In the past few weeks we have heard Theresa May stating how much she values public and emergency service workers. Something which has been repeated by her ministers,…
Posted: 28
New figures show more than ten thousand support staff jobs lost.
GMB, the union for school support staff, today said that children’s education was suffering as support staff bear the brunt of school funding cuts.
New figures reveal that the overall school workforce in England fell in 2016.
This was the first reduction in education…
Posted: 28
It was announced yesterday (27th June 2017) that the Sovereign Grant is set for a eight per cent increase from public funds – amounting to £6 million.
Eight per cent increase for Queen welcome if it’s matched for other public servants, says union.
GMB, the union for public sector workers, has said that Queen’s funding…
Posted: 15
Following the GMB NJC Pay Consultation the GMB NJC Reps met on Tuesday 13th June 17. A detailed discussion took place with extensive report back on the regional pay consultations. The general consensus was to keep the NJC pay claim succinct for 2018/19.
Please note at the Conference the following GMB NJC Local Government Pay…
Posted: 14
Darren James, Branch Secretary and Sarah James, Branch Equality Officer attended GMB National Conference yesterday (Tue 13th June 2017) on behalf of GMB Birmingham & West Midlands region.
The conference was called by Public Services National Secretary Rehana Azam, to collate responses from the recent pay pinch consultation held with members working in local Government.…