Posted: 19th May 2017
GMB@PKC
Fraser MacGillivray, your rep, along with Jim Cunningham Branch Secretary, and myself met with representatives from Tayside Contracts to discuss the proposed transfer on Tuesday 16the May.
Tayside Contracts took the representations you all made at the meeting last Friday, where it was expressed that you would prefer service to be taken into…
Posted: 10th May 2017
GMB met with management yesterday and were hoping to have some further information for you. Unfortunately, due to the council election last week and the lack of administration as of today, DCC management have not been able to progress to any formal proposal.
As a result, a further meeting is set for 16th June…
Posted: 28th April 2017
GMB@PKC Janitors
This week GMB have met with both PKC and Tayside Contracts regarding the proposed transfer of the facilities staff.
Jim Cunningham and your new rep, Fraser McGillivray met with PKC on Monday and it was made clear that we would not expect TUPE to apply due to the fact that this would mean…
Posted: 21st April 2017
GMB@TaysideCContracts Janitors
We’ve received reports from members in Angus and Dundee that you are having SCP duties imposed on you. This was raised with Frank Reilly during the discussions over the transfer from the councils to Tayside Contracts and you all received reassurances that this would not be expected of you.
There have been some…
Posted: 29th March 2017
Dear Member
Please see attached urgent letter sent out to the Trustees today 29 March 2017.
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Posted: 10th March 2017
Dear Member
It now seems apparent that L&CD intend to transfer the greenkeeping staff to a new private sector employer on 1st April 2017.
We continue to contend that no appropriate consultation has occurred, and, having read the report that was distributed to the board of Leisure and Culture, we believe that this was engineered…
Posted: 6th March 2017
Dear Member
The joint trade unions met with management on Friday, 3rd March 2017. Here is an update of that meeting and a summary of where we are.
Management have proposed that they roll the split shifts out to everyone – we have proposed that they adopt a ‘Fife’ type model where anyone who…
Posted: 6th March 2017
Dear Member
The joint trade unions met with management today (6th March) regarding the trial in the kitchens. It’s safe to say that we believe this has been poorly managed with no consultation with the unions until now. As a result of the joint trade unions expressing fundamental disagreement with the trial being implemented without…
Posted: 3rd March 2017
Dear Member
Today (3rd March), GMB member Greenkeepers’ who work for Leisure and Culture in Dundee were formally advised that the board of trustees have agreed they will be moved to the private sector to a company named I D Verde.
Astonishingly, we were advised that the current golf manager who has managed the courses…
Posted: 1st March 2017
Dear Member
We have been in touch with the Service Manager for Operational Delivery to discuss the Health and Safety concerns you have raised with us.
We have followed this up in writing with the H&S concerns that were picked up on Friday in the kitchen, namely:
• 10KG buckets used to transfer waste into…