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Brave the Shave

GMB representative Allison Morrell from Doncaster Central Branch has raised a staggering £1190 to date for Macmillan Cancer Support as a result of her sponsored head shave.

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GMB To Seek Meeting With Prime Minister As Tata Steel Announce 250 Job Losses

Local communities will be destroyed with mass unemployment and the balance of payment deficit will increase further if we don't get government support and action says GMB.

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A Message To GMB Members Employed By Leeds City Council

You may have heard on the news that this Government is proposing to stop all public sector workers being able to pay their union subscriptions from their wage. This is a direct attack on you as a public service worker.

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Government Threat To End Check-Off For Public Sector Workers

The government might as well cut the crap - it wants to cripple unions and ban strikes. Its whole approach is an unjustified onslaught on democratic associations of working people that are an intrinsic and essential part of our industrial make up which I believe most people will think is going too far says GMB.

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Play To 'End Foul Pay' GMB Football Tournament To Raise Awareness Of Low Pay At Football Clubs

GMB members, family and friends will be coming together on Sunday, 9th August to take part in the Yorkshire region’s first 5 a side football tournament to raise awareness of the GMB End Foul Pay campaign which is calling on all professional football league clubs to pay their staff at least a living wage which is currently £7.85 an hour

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Calling All Councillors

The GMB Yorkshire and North Derbyshire region is holding its first ever councillor Conference.  On October 10th in Leeds we're hosting a one day event to bring together councillors from across the region.

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Leigh Day Legal Action For GMB Uber Drivers To Secure Rights On Pay, Holidays, Health & Safety, Discipline & Grievances

The Uber assertion that drivers are "partners" who are not entitled to rights at work normally afforded to workers will be legally contested in court says GMB

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GMB Support Call By Care Employers For Adequate Funding To Pay Living Wage

If the money from corporation tax cuts and uncollected taxes on property incomes ending up in tax havens went into social care the country could start looking itself in the mirror again says GMB.

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GMB ANGER OVER PROPOSED MIGRATION OF 220 JARROW JOBS TO HUNGARY WITH NO MEANINGFUL CONSULTATION

We will continue to push to save the site and will be presenting ideas on how to do this next week says GMB.

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OSBORNE BUDGET IS WELL CRAFTED CON TRICK WHICH DOES NOT GUARANTEE WORKERS WILL BE BETTER OFF

Working families hit by cuts in tax credits should join a union to fight for better pay from employers who can well afford it as Osborne confirms says GMB.

 

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