Responding to confirmation today (Thursday 17 January) that Glasgow City Council and the Joint Claimant Organisations, GMB, Unison, Unite and Action 4 Equality, have reached an agreement that will lead to the settlement of 14,000 equal pay claims. More
GMB has criticised the Scottish Government’s Just Transition Commission (JTC) as ‘a good intentions committee’ and warned MSPs against ‘playing fast and loose’ with the livelihoods of workers across our energy sector. More
On the same day (Monday 19 November) that COSLA called on the Scottish Government for a better financial settlement in next year’s budget, GMB Scotland has said the council umbrella body must do more for the lowest paid in local government if they want those services to function. More
GMB Responds To Developments In Anti-Semitism Attack Against Union Organiser. More
GMB Scotland has today (Monday 29 October) called on the SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon to intervene after a ‘despicable and vile anti-Semitic’ online attack against its organiser Rhea Wolfson. More
In response to some media reports and posts on social media before, during and after the recent Glasgow Women’s Strike, GMB welcomes the opportunity to publicly address the categorically untrue claims that our union agreed to Glasgow City Council’s discriminatory WPBR (or job evaluation scheme). More
Responding to the outcome of this afternoon's meeting between legal representatives of the equal pay joint claimant organisations and Glasgow City Council. More
Thousands of striking women and their families marched on George Square this afternoon (Tuesday 23 October) to demand that Glasgow City Council officials return to negotiations for fair and full equal pay settlements, as forty-eight hours of industrial action across the city got underway. More
Thousands of women will march on Glasgow’s City Chambers tomorrow (Tuesday 23 October) in the long-running fight for equal pay as forty-eight hours of strike action gets underway. More
Joint Trade Union Press Release. More
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