Posted: 19
Congress 23 changed the rules of the Union, most importantly updating its aims and objectives. Gary Smith, the General Secretary has written to Regional Secretaries saying,
Words have power. They inspire, guide, and will us to win.
The words contained in our Rulebook are not dry or idle. They are fundamental to our…
Posted: 25
Over the weekend, the Deputy Prime Minster resigned as a result of an enquiry that found he had a case to answer on bullying charges.
This is one of the most publicly visible stories showing the endemic occurrence of bullying within the workplace and the consensus of tolerance of such behaviour. Raab’s failure to apologise…
Posted: 5
I, Steve and Ernest have met many of you and as a branch leadership, we do our best to guide and defend you through disputes you have, or for those we haven’t met, may have with your employer.
Very few of you work at workplaces with collective bargaining agreements and so we guide you through…
Posted: 24
Our branch voted last week on the motions it plans to send to Congress, we are sending another motion on Brexit and trade with Europe, calling for rejoining the single market but also, immigration and racism, campaigning for a living wage for youth and welcoming Labour’s new deal for working people.
These motions will add…
Posted: 9
It’s conference time for the GMB, and prompted by some members I looked at the state of policy development on low pay and the living wage. The GMB Policy is stated in its policy guide albeit dated 2021. I look at Labour’s “A new deal for working people” and note that the GMB’s…
Posted: 6
GMB’s 2022 Congress has been over for nearly a month; we were represented by our branch president, Dave Levy, who’s written this brief report, and longer ones on his blog and on medium.
“I have now uploaded most of my notes and comments from #GMB22. They can be found on my blog using the…
Posted: 14
Boris Johnson and Priti Patel have finally pressed the button on their plans to ‘offshore’ asylum processing, Labour’s Yvette Cooper, labels this shameful, unworkable, unethical & extortionate. The Independent reports on previous countries attempts to ‘offshore’ refugee reception their failure, cost and disgraceful conditions applied to people who have done nothing wrong.…
Posted: 18
We can all recognise the horror of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. At our last branch meeting we voted for the following motion.
This branch notes that on the 24th February Russia invaded Ukraine.
We oppose the Russian state’s invasion of Ukraine. We oppose Russia’s war and demand Russian troops leave Ukraine. Putin’s regime is…
Posted: 19
At our branch meeting last night we debated and passed nine motions for Congress. There were over 20 people present at the meeting and it makes me wonder how more could be carried at a meeting where these motions could be debated and voted upon. Our meeting was exceptionally well chaired, and people were very…
Posted: 5
On occasion we see employment contracts including post termination non-compete clauses. There is a single body of law covering ranges of seniority, responsibility and budget. Morally constraints that may be seen as reasonable for Board members or senior high value salespeople are not so suitable for more junior staff even those with high personal customer…