GMB Regional News

31/03/08 - GMB To Ballot Members Employed By Blackburn & Darwen Council Over Imposed Pay Cuts For 1,300 Workers - GMB demands that Council guarantee there will be no financial losers and withdraws the threat to dismiss thier employees... more

28/03/08 - GMB In Talks With Lancashire Brewery Belgium Owners To Avoid 168 Job Losses - Union members shocked at magnitude of job losses announced... more

Election of General Member Auditors - the ERS report of the By-Election of two General Member Auditors is available to download here.

CEC Election Results November 2007- The results of elections to the GMB Central Executive Committee (CEC) are available to download here.

Regional Women's Conference 2007- The Regional Women's Conference 2007 was held at the Liner Hotel in Liverpool at the beginning of October. Chaired by National President Mary Turner the conference was attended by over 60 delegates and visitors from other GMB regions. A major theme running through the two day event was caring and carers. A full report is available to download here.

Remploy Crusade for Jobs - The Remploy National March for Jobs reached the North West & Irish Region on Monday 3rd September. Organised by the Remploy consortium of trade unions the month long demonstration started in Aberdeen and visited each of the 43 factories under threat of closure on its way to Labour Party Conference in Bournemouth. The aim was to collect public and political support for the campaign to keep all 83 Remploy factories open. The main focus of the campaign is a call for contracts worth just 5p in every £100 of current public procurement spending to go to Remploy factories. Further details can be downloaded here

Elections to the CEC - The process for electing our regional representatives to the Central Executive Council (CEC) is now underway. Nomination papers have been sent to all branches and ballot papers will be sent to members' home addresses in October. Between Congresses the CEC is the governing body of the union. It is elected by secret ballot every four years. Click here for a copy of the election notice. 15/06/07

GMB National News

Local Government Pay 2007 - Employers hope to pay back pay before Christmas - Following GMB's membership consultation on the 2007 Local Government NJC pay offer other trade unions have now reached their decisions. The offer was 2.475% with a new minimum hourly rate of £6 - all to be backdated to 1st April. The lowest rate will rise from £11,193 to £11,577 per annum from 1st april 2007. GMB members voted to accept this offer, as did Unite TGWU members. Unison held a strike ballot and although this resulted in a small majority to take strike action they have decided not to proceed. All NJC unions have therefore confrimed that they accept the employer's offer.

Further details and payscales can be found in the latest GMB Local Government Bulletin and NJC Circular. There is also a special Local Government Pay Q&A.

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