GMB Scotland has this afternoon (Thursday 1 March) written to the Scottish Government urging them to ensure that local authorities across the country keep their employees safe as the challenging weather conditions of the last forty-eight hours look set to continue into the weekend. More
GMB Scotland has today (Thursday 1 March) said the National Grid’s warning that the UK will not have enough gas to meet demand while the cold weather continues is ‘a sobering reminder’ about the need for domestic gas production in our energy future. More
GMB Scotland has today (Thursday 15 February) demanded that North Lanarkshire Council bosses urgently recalculate and reward the pensions of hundreds of women affected by the equal pay scandal. More
GMB Scotland has today (Thursday 15 February) said the re-opening of a construction giant’s assembly line in Renfrewshire has been ‘badly tainted’ by it’s move to undercut existing staff through the hiring of agency contractors. More
GMB Scotland has today (Wednesday 14 February) hailed a landmark appeal against the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), hastening the end of a ‘kangaroo court’ within the regulatory body’s disciplinary procedures which has ruined the livelihoods of hundreds of care workers. More
GMB Scotland has today (Tuesday 13 March) said that there is ‘still hope’ for troubled fabrication firm BiFab but that ‘time is of the essence’ to deliver critical investment and contracts that would save hundreds of jobs. More
GMB Scotland has today (Monday 12 February) notified Fife Council leaders that it will start fresh legal proceedings against the local authority over the non-payment of equal pay settlements for over sixty workers. More
GMB Scotland has today (Tuesday 30 January) warned the Scottish Government that proposals to reform the management of schools could pile further pressure on the working conditions of non-teacher staff. More
GMB Scotland has today (Thursday 25 January) slammed a decision by the local health and social care partnership to impose detrimental contractual changes on local home care staff. More
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