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Care Workers In Hanover To Start Industrial Action

06 September 2021

Care Workers In Hanover To Start Industrial Action Against “Insulting” Pay Cut Plan. More

GMB Members Reject Latest COSLA Pay Offer

03 September 2021

School support staff and refuse workers moved “a step closer” to industrial action today (Friday 3 September) after GMB members rejected COSLA’s latest pay offer. More

Cuts to Glasgow’s Community Payback Service

25 August 2021

GMB Scotland has today (Wednesday 25 August) warned that proposed cuts to jobs and placements in Glasgow City Council’s Community Payback Service would be “totally self-defeating.”. More

SNP and Greens Power-Sharing Deal Reaction

20 August 2021

Responding to this morning’s (Friday 20 August) announcement that the SNP and the Scottish Greens have agreed a new power-sharing partnership, GMB General Secretary Gary Smith said. More

Local Government Pay Offer

12 August 2021

GMB warns COSLA must “make good” on improved local government pay offer to avoid strikes. More

GMB Scotland Media Statement: McVitie’s Tollcross

11 August 2021

“Honest answers” needed from pladis after proposals for future rejected. More

National Care Service Consultation for Scotland

09 August 2021

Responding to the launch of the National Care Service consultation today (Monday 9 August), Acting GMB Scotland Secretary Louise Gilmour. More

Union advises cleansing workers to prioritise safety and refuse self-isolation exemptions

02 August 2021

GMB Scotland has today (Monday 2 August) advised thousands of local government cleansing workers to prioritise safety and exercise their ‘right to refuse’ requests from employers to continue working if they have been exposed to COVID-19. More