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
Glasgow Home Care ‘Safe at Night’ Campaign Launch. More
Amid continued Brexit uncertainty and the prospect of a general election, GMB Scotland has today (Wednesday 30 October) warned that abandoning domestic gas production will risk the future energy interests of both Scotland and the rest of the UK, and ignore the realities of the global response needed to tackle climate change. More
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