Ahead of a crucial offshore wind supply chain summit in Edinburgh this morning (Thursday 16 January), which will be attended by Scottish and UK Government representatives, and renewables industry majors and unions, GMB has warned the scandal of losing offshore wind contracts and manufacturing jobs to the rest of the world must stop. More
Amid media reports this morning (Wednesday 15 February) that security costs for UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow could cost “several hundred million pounds”, GMB Scotland Secretary Gary Smith said. More
Keir Greenaway, GMB Scotland Organiser for Whisky & Spirits, responding to this morning’s (Tuesday 14 January) announcement that Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) representatives will visit US government trade officials in Washington DC amid concerns of further tariff increases on single malt whisky. More
An industrial action ballot of Prisoner Custody Officers (PCOs) in GeoAmey gets underway today (Monday 13 January) over a pay imposition which will result in staff receiving less than £10 an hour for the next two years. More
Scotland’s share of £2 billion offshore wind project “doesn’t look good enough”. More
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GMB Scotland, the union for school catering staff, has called on the Deputy First Minister, and Scotland's Education Secretary, John Swinney, to intervene in proposals for the Tayside Central Production Unit which will cook and then freeze school meals to be transported to local schools and reheated before being served to children across Dundee and Angus. More
Morrisons supermarkets across Scotland could be hit by food shortages in the run up to Christmas as an industrial action ballot gets underway today (Monday 11 November) in its distribution partner XPO Logistic. More
Sub-contractor maintenance staff will take industrial action at the GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) plant in Montrose later this month as a long-standing dispute over pay inequality continues. More
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