Posted: 21st December 2016
GMB Sandwell office will close at Midday on Friday 23rd December 2016 and will reopen at 8:00am on Tuesday 3rd January 2017.
However if you need to contact us during the festive period you can do so by using the following methods:
By email at branch@gmbs85sandwell.org.uk
or by completing our online contact form.
We will…
Posted: 21st December 2016
GMB has launched a new national campaign calling for an end to pay restraint and to break the public sector pay cap.
When prices are rising twice as fast as wages it’s time to call the Government’s 1% cap what it is – a severe cut to people’s quality of living.
Many of our…
Posted: 9th December 2016
Further to the strong vote by members of the Joint Trade Unions and the report which was discussed at Cabinet on Wednesday 7th December 2016, representatives have met with Regional Officers from GMB, Unison and Unite to discuss next steps.
You can read the update in full here childrens services…
Posted: 8th December 2016
You may have noticed GMB officers at SERCO’s Shidas Lane depot during the first week of November discussing and issuing surveys on violence at work.
The first 50 surveys have been completed and the results show a staggering 49% of those surveyed stated that they had been verbally abused whilst at…
Posted: 7th December 2016
With winter firmly taking hold and the dreaded flu doing the rounds, there’s never been a better time to take stock of how a more serious illness could affect your finances. In most instances, a flu bug is nothing that a good dose of Lemsip and daytime TV won’t fix. But if you were still…
Posted: 28th November 2016
GMB Birmingham & West Midlands regional equality conference took place last weekend (Saturday 26th Nov 2016) and Sarah and Sam were there to represent S85 branch.
There were passionate speeches and our branch motion calling for GMB to campaign to make domestic abuse workplace policies mandatory, was successfully passed to be debated at the national…
Posted: 21st November 2016
Following a recent indicative ballot conducted by GMB, Unison and Unite to gain the views of our respective memberships against a TUPE transfer into a Trust, the following results have been gathered –
Members in favour of taking action against a TUPE transfer:
GMB 100%
Unison 97%
Unite 87%
…
Posted: 9th November 2016
GMB reps will be visiting workplaces next week (from Monday 14th November 2016)
They will be on hand to:
Know…
Posted: 7th November 2016
Following the Government’s announcement for plans to transfer Sandwell Council Children’s Services into a Trust and a joint Trade Union members meeting on the 20th October 2016, Representatives from GMB, Unison and Unite have written to Cllr Steve Eling, Sandwell MBC Leader and Malcolm Newsome, Childrens Commissioner to advise that members voted unanimously for an…
Posted: 31st October 2016
As of 31st October 2016, Sam Fagan has joined the S85 team full time as our new Education Convenor.
Sam has been a workplace representative since 2014 and is also our Young Members Officer. He is looking forward to assisting with enquiries,workplace issues and meeting members within education and can be contacted on…