Posted in GMB on Oct 13th, 2011
Another interview that was too long to be included in its entirety in the print edition. Interviewed by Dave Chapple, 12th August 2011 Introduction I’m an ex-soldier, and I spent eight years after I left the army in the security trade-the international ‘circuit.’ This is basically ex-servicemen working as bodyguards to international dignitaries, often billionaires [...]
Posted in GMB, Trades Councils, Women on Oct 13th, 2011
Sadly there wasn’t enough room in the magazine to print the full interview, so it is available below. Interview with Dave Chapple, Chippenham, August 9th 2011 1. The Wiltshire and Swindon General Branch GMB I joined the GMB a three Tolpuddle festivals ago through a friend, who was working as an ‘accompanying rep.’ What she was doing really interested [...]
Posted in GMB, Water Industry on Jun 12th, 2011
Wednesday 8th June 2011 GMB congress told that parts of Midlands will see hosepipe ban in weeks unless there is persistent rain due to mismanagement of water resources in region The management will blame the weather and will seek to divert attention from their own mismanagement that will lead to a hosepipe ban in 2 [...]
Posted in GMB, Local Government, Pensions on May 5th, 2011
One in four council workers already opted out of pension scheme shows proposed contribution increases to local government pension schemes would be a disaster. Government proposals to increase contributions by 3.2% to 9.6% will make this worse, jeopardising the entire Local Government Pension Scheme for its four million members says GMB A new GMB [...]
Posted in Engineering Construction Industry, GMB on Mar 17th, 2011
Wednesday 16th March 2011 GMB WARNS BP, DU PONT AND BRITISH SUGAR OF LYNDSEY MARK TWO DISPUTE AT HULL CONSTRUCTION SITE AS 430 WORKERS ARE LOCKED OUT GMB call on BP, Du Point and British Sugar to join with unions in order get engineering construction members back to work on £200m bio fuel ethanol plant [...]
Posted in Care Homes, GMB on Mar 14th, 2011
Monday 14th March 2011 31,000 elderly residents in Southern Cross care homes face being made homeless as GMB calls for QIAia to clear up the financial mess caused by sky high rents These 750 UK Care homes are not factories that are failing from lack of demand but are an essential part of every community [...]
Thursday 10th March 2011 Final Hutton report: more recipe for disaster than blueprint for reform says GMB Lord Hutton had a real chance to make sure low paid public sector workers have good quality, affordable pension schemes; but in failing to address the key issue of affordability to members, that chance has been wasted says [...]
There is little point in adding more disabled workers to the dole queues since we know that they are not going to get other jobs says GMB Disabled workers employed by Remploy who are GMB members will seek authority from the GMB Central Executive Council (CEC), when it meets on Tuesday 15th February 2011, to [...]
Thursday 13th January 2011 NHS increment freeze rejected by GMB, the union for NHS workers in hospitals, ambulance services and the community Healthcare staff are already at the sharp end of the funding squeeze and a freeze on pay will only make things even worse says GMB.
Posted in GMB, Local Government, UNISON, Unite on Dec 9th, 2010
by John Siddle, Liverpool Echo December 8th UNIONISTS said they have a “massive mandate for industrial action” after Merseyside council workers were polled over looming cuts. As senior Sefton councillors identified savings of £30m at a behind-closed-doors meeting on Saturday, three unions revealed 90% of members supported a strike ballot.