Council & Schools Workers Have Your Say On Your Pay!

The campaign for a properly funded pay rise for local government and school workers

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GMB joint Local Government and Schools Committee representatives will be balloting in your area soon on Industrial Action.

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26 Jul 2022

GMB members at Walsall Housing Group say YES to industrial action

Industrial action will hit housing across the West Midlands unless company top brass to bring a fair pay offer to the table.

GMB union have today announced the outcome of an industrial action ballot at Walsall Housing Group, one of the West Midlands’ biggest housing providers.

75% of members asked voted to back industrial action, which could result in hundreds of workers downing tools in their campaign for fair pay.

21 Jul 2022

GMB WIN: Sandwell Refuse strike postponed

GMB members working for Serco at Sandwell refuse have voted to accept a pay offer after weeks of campaigning.

The pay offer represents a package of benefits, including significant pay rise, additional leave days and improvement to working conditions.

GMB has announced the strike dates planned for July and August will be postponed pending completion of the deal.

Justine Jones, GMB Midlands Organiser, said:

14 Jul 2022

Sandwell bin strike: 125,000 households impacted during Commonwealth Games opening week

Opening week of the Commonwealth Games will see 125,000 Sandwell households left without bin collections

25 Jun 2022

"Waste piling up in the streets" during Commonwealth Games, warns GMB.

GMB Union, one of Britain’s largest refuse and household waste collection unions, has today warned that a dispute with Serco Sandwell could escalate, as 96% of members vote to back industrial action.

The warning has come as GMB members rejected a real terms pay cut from the provider of household waste collection services in the Sandwell area, Serco.

Justine Jones, GMB lead for refuse members in Sandwell, said:

“There is the very real risk of waste piling up in streets at the height of the Commonwealth games if this issue is not resolved.

22 Jun 2022

Shock survey shows 1 in 5 Birmingham council workers using foodbanks

ONE IN FIVE BIRMINGHAM COUNCIL WORKERS FORCED TO USE FOODBANKS - COUNCIL MUST TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HELP.

Birmingham City Council has golden opportunity to support key workers facing a cost of living crisis - pay women workers what they are owed.

A GMB survey of thousands of members at Birmingham City Council has painted a bleak picture of the cost of living pressures facing vital workers at the Council, with one in five council workers, or a member of their household, being forced to use foodbanks.

21 Jun 2022