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GMB MEMBERS VOTE FOR STRIKE ACTION AT SOUTH LONDON HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST OVER HANDLING OF PATIENT TRANSPORT CONTRACT
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27 August 2010
If there is no satisfactory response from the Trust at talks with Chief Executive tomorrow on breaches in rules on procurement and staff transfers strikes will go ahead says GMB |
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GMB BALLOT FOR STRIKE ACTION STARTS AT SOUTH LONDONHEALTHCARE NHS TRUST OVER HANDLING OF PATIENT TRANSPORT CONTRACT
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27 August 2010
GMB has had no satisfactory response from the Trust on breaches in rules on procurement and staff transfers and that is why the strike ballot is going ahead |
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GMB STUDY SHOWS MASSIVE MARK-UP ON WHOLESALE PRICES CHARGED BY EVERARDS TO THEIR TIED PUB TENANTS IN EAST ANGLIA, EAST MIDLANDS AND WEST MIDLANDS
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27 August 2010
GMB steps up campaign to get wet and dry rents cut to save community pubs and secure a fair deal for tied tenants charged a mark up of 80p on pint of lager |
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27 August 2010
GMB plays a crucial role in standing up for the interests of working people, which is why I'm so proud to have received your nomination to be leader of the Labour Party.
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GMB THREAT OF LEGAL ACTION FORCES BARNET COUNCIL TO BACK DOWN ON TORY COUNCILLORS ALLOWANCES HIKE
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27 August 2010
GMB call for public show of disapproval of council policies on jobs and services at next council meeting on 14 September. |
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GMB DEMONSTRATE TODAY AT HARRODS OVER QATARI INVESTMENT AUTHORITY OVERCHARGING RENTS ON FREHOLDS OF SOUTHERN CROSS CARE HOMES
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19 August 2010
This overcharging on freehold rents is a right royal Qatari rip- off of Britain's elderly and Qataris have a legal, moral and ethical responsibility to help the care home residents says GMB |
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GMB BALLOT FOR STRIKE ACTION STARTS AT SOUTH LONDON HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST OVER HANDLING OF PATIENT TRANSPORT CONTRACT
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18 August 2010
GMB has had no satisfactory response from the Trust on breaches in rules on procurement and staff transfers and that is why the strike ballot is going ahead |
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GMB TO RECOMMEND AGREEMENT TO BRITISH AIRWAYS HEATHROW GROUND STAFF WHO WILL VOTE ON DEAL IN WORKPLACE BALLOT
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18 August 2010
GMB members hope that the future for BA will be bright and that when growth resumes that the prosperity can be shared between our members and the company |
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GMB TO BALLOT FOR STRIKE ACTION AT SOUTH LONDON HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST OVER AWARD OF PATIENT TRANSPORT CONTRACT TO DIRECTOR WITH RECORD OF SERIAL INSOLVENCY
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18 August 2010
GMB call for heads to roll as senior officers of the NHS Trust seek to ignore representations that procurement rules were broken and to dismiss evidence that the company plan to ignore the law after the transfer. |
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GMB ACT TO PROTECT EDUCATED SCHOOL USERS ON THE IMPACT OF MOVING TO ACADEMY STATUS IN REDBRIDGE SCHOOLS
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17 August 2010
GMB public meeting: Tuesday 17th august, 2pm - 4.00pm, Ilford library to discuss academies lack of accountability, democratic transparency, staff pay, conditions of service and pensions |
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GMB MEMBERS TO BE CONSULTED OVER LONDON FIRE BRIGADE & EMERGENCY PLANNING AUTHORITY (LFEPA) REJECTION OF 2.5 PAY CLAIM
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11 August 2010
Whilst the employer is applying a pay freeze to its staff, the elected borough members of the Authority and Mayoral representatives have helped themselves to large increases in allowances |
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| GMB MEMBERS LODGE CLAIM AGAINST BARNET HOMES' HANDLING OF THE ASBESTOS INCIDENT AS FAMILIES LONG TERM HEALTH WORRIES CONTINUE |
1 August 2010
GMB rejects HSE decision to close file on Barnet Homes asbestos scare GMB, working on behalf of GMB members and their families who were affected by the Barnet Homes asbestos exposure scare in January 2009, has only recently seen the complete incident investigation file compiled by Barnet Homes management. As a result GMB has lodged a claim against Barnet Homes management on the grounds that it was negligent in its handling of the scare and caused GMB members and their families unnecessary and a potentially fatal exposure to deadly asbestos fibres. |
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GMB MEMBERS WORKING FOR SWISSPORT AT LONDON STANSTED MAY SEEK TO BE BALLOTED FOR INDUSTRIAL ACTION OVER THE COMPANY'S DOWN-GRADING OF ITS 'NON-ABUSE OF STAFF BY PASSENGERS' POLICY
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26 July 2010
GMB members working for Swissport at London Stansted may seek to be balloted for industrial action over the company's down-grading of its 'non-abuse of staff by passengers' policy. |
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GMB MEMBERS WORKING AT GATWICK WARN THAT BUDGET CUTS WILL REDUCE SECURITY AND CLEANLINESS LEVELS AT AIRPORT
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26 July 2010
GMB is calling on the government and GIP to reverse the budget cuts to enable the Police and Mitie to retain high levels of security and cleanliness for Gatwick's airlines, passengers and staff |
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GMB SEEKS A JUDICIAL REVIEW OVER LAWFULNESS OF BARNET COUNCIL'S DECISION TO HIKE UP COUNCILLORS ALLOWANCES
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26 July 2010
There are clear double standards at work here. GMB members are expected to accept a pay freeze while the fat cats running the Council have the cheek and audacity to increase their allowances by up to £20,000 per year says GMB |
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GOVERNMENT MINISTERS PENSION POTS ROCKET BY £30 MILLION
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26 July 2010
It’s quite unbelievable that Ministers preach pay and pensions restraint while quietly pocketing jaw-dropping pension rises says GMB |
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| GMB SETTLES FOR OVER £1 MILLION FOR MEMBERS UNFAIRLY SACKED BY EXCELCARE |
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26 July 2010
30 women who are members of GMB who were unfairly dismissed by Excelcare have settled for £1 million
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TIME FOR CHANGES TO COLLECTION SYSTEM AS £784 MILLION POUNDS GOES UNCOLLECTED IN BRITAIN IN COUNCIL TAX GATHERING SAYS GMB
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26 July 2010
London tops National league with £257.4 million uncollected council taxes and uncollected non domestic rates |
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| GMB UNCOVER TOTAL OF 17 HEAD TEACHERS IN STATE SCHOOLS IN ENGLANDWITH TOTAL REMUNERATION ABOVE £150,000 |
26 July 2010
It is outrageous that a Head Teacher in a local community school should earn more money than the Prime Minister says GMB |
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£10MILLION CUTS IN LOCAL SERVICES AND INVESTMENT IN NORFOLK FOLLOWING COALITION GOVERNMENT SPENDING REDUCTIONS
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26 July 2010
The chickens from the election of the Tory Liberal Government are coming home to roost for the Norfolk electorate says GMB |
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AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING INC. (ASR) GIVES UNIONS AND WORKFORCE ASSURANCES FOLLOWING TAKE OVER OF TATE & LYLE UK
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12 July 2010
I was happy to hear the commitment from the Vice President, Jonathan Bamburger, regarding the future of the Tate & Lyle sugar operations and I welcome it says GMB Officer |
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£690M SPENT ON CONSULTANTS BY GOVERNMENT IS A GRAVY-TRAIN FOR ACCOUNTANTS AND BANKERS WHO ‘ADVISE’ GOVERNMENT ON EFFICIENCY WHILE TAKING HUGE FEES FOR THE PRIVILEGE SAYS GMB
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7 July 2010
GMB sees no reason why any public service worker should suffer while these fat cats are raking it in at the taxpayers expense |
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| GMB IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF TATE AND LYLE TO SECURE JOBS FOLLOWING IT’S SALE TO AMERICAN SUGAR REFINARIES INC. |
7 July 2010
Tate & Lyle Sugar is an essential part of this nation’s history and GMB will use every sinew to ensure that it has a successful future |
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STRIKE BALLOT LOOMS AT BAKKAVOR PIZZA IN NORTH WEST LONDON IN PAY DISPUTE
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7 July 2010
GMB members open to a two year deal but the total on offer did not even satisfy the claim for the first year so it is not surprising that negotiators are recommending rejection of all the proposals |
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GMB TO BALLOT EXPLOITED OCS WORKERS WHO CARE FOR LONDON'S RICHEST BOROUGHS FOR STRIKE ACTION
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7 July 2010
Kensington & Chelsea's multicultural estate cleaning workforce need a pay rise not another pay freeze says GMB |
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| GMB DRIVER OF CASH SECURITY VAN WINS COURT APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION FOR PARKING |
14 June 2010
There was a lack of understanding of hazards of attacks on vehicles delivering and picking up cash to supermarkets and banks and the need to get the vehicle as close as possible to the pickup or drop off points. |
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WEST MIDLANDS TOPS THE GREAT BRITAIN LEAGUE FOR RATE OF UNEMPLOYMENT: THE SOUTH EAST HAS THE LOWEST RATE IN COUNTRY
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9 June 2010
GMB Congress told it is 'fantasy island' politics to suggest that millions of people registered as unemployed or on incapacity benefit can be fitted into jobs that are not there |
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STRIKE BALLOT AT 12 COCA-COLA SITES OVER REFUSAL OF COMPANY TO ENGAGE IN NATIONAL BARGAINING FOR 2,000 WORKERS
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9 June 2010
Ballot result expected before end of June and industrial action will take place in July while the World Cup, which Coca-Cola are sponsoring, is still in progress says GMB
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CUTS IN FREE PERSONAL CARE, IN SCHEME FOR JOBLESS YOUNG WORKERS, IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND CHILD TRUST FUND HIT SOCIETY'S MOST VULNERABLE
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1 June 2010
These are real, serious, deep cuts hitting at the very people a humane society should be helping says GMB |
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Drivers seek to alter the plans to achieve both a pedestrian friendly environment and ease of access to essential transport
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1 June 2010
Mick Hildreth GMB Secretary of the Professional Drivers National Organising Committee commented on plans to change arrangements at Ashford railway station in Kent. |
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GMB SEEKS URGENT MEETING WITH THE PRISON SERVICE ON GOVERNMENT DEMAND FOR £325 CUTS
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1 June 2010
Announcement is evident of a Con – Lib inexperienced response to the current deficit management says GMB |
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Pension cuts for council workers will not eradicate deficits but will create millions of pensioners living in poverty putting pressure on local authority services and state benefits says GMB
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1 June 2010
GMB responded to the commitment by the new government to set up a commission to review public sector pensions and called for it to be independent and open minded. |
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