Happy Pride Month to everyone celebrating in the GMB ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
This month, and every month, GMB is proud to stand up for LGBTQ+ people in the UK and around the world ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
Pride is a protest - never forget that ๐
#PrideMonth
150,000 GMB members in Local Government have rejected the pay offer.
A 3.3% rise when energy bills are sky rocketing isn't good enough.
School staff, carers and refuse workers deserve more.
Putting a time limit on how long ambulance workers can stay on a category two emergency call is dangerous.
But thatโs what East of England Ambulance Service Trust is doing.
They must rethink this policy.
The Government's new package of support for the ceramics sector is huge.
This will make a massive difference for energy intensive sectors.
Workers have a Government that listens.
BREAKING ๐จ: Luxury fashion brand Net-A-Porter faces warehouse strike action ๐ชง
100 distribution workers will walk out after the company u-turned on a commitment to pay the London Living Wage ๐
Thames Water workers have had two years of uncertainty.
A short-term private sector fix will not cut it.
Water needs long term stability to clean up the environment and guarantee jobs.
We need to bring Thames Water back into public ownership.
On behalf of GMB, I want to express solidarity with our Jewish members and with the Jewish community.
The horrific attacks in Golders Green are a stark reminder that the scourge of antisemitism is on the rise across Britain.
We must do much more to confront and defeat it.
The support staff who actually work in schools have spoken.
Workload up. Wellbeing down. Pay at the top through the roof.
607 GMB London school support staff surveyed.
93% are against academisation.
Unions have long known Jingye will not negotiate in good faith.
Nationalising British Steel is vital.
British Steel is a nationally strategic asset - it matters that the Government is doing everything in its power to secure its future.
We welcome this decisive intervention.
BREAKING ๐จ: More than 6000 Evri workers to vote in pay ballot ๐
We are recommending workers reject the deal - which represents a paycut for some staff ๐
This #MayDay is the first with new rights:
๐ท Sick pay from day one
โ Repealed the Tory anti-union laws
โฐ End to zero-hours contracts
๐ โโ๏ธ Ban on fire and rehire
๐ผ Improved paternity rights
โ Boosted redundancy protections
๐ And so much more
Letโs keep building for more ๐
NEW ๐จ: 12,000 children across South London face school closures as teaching assistants strike ๐ชง
Merton and Greenwich staff are missing out on up to ยฃ1000 a year - as they receive less London weighting than teachers ๐
On Workersโ Memorial Day we pay tribute to the memory of those killed at work.
GMB will always demand stronger laws, stronger regulators and stronger union rights to protect workers โ
#IWMD26
BREAKING ๐จ: Nestle announce 450 jobs will be slashed ๐ โโ๏ธ
The majority of jobs will go in York and Gatwick, but factories across the UK could be affected ๐ซ
PPE that doesn't fit isn't safe.ย
Employers where safety is paramount have already signed up to provide inclusive PPE - have you?
Time to procure proper PPE.
#PPEthatfits
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