Posted: 17th February 2017
Dear GMB Member,
The GMB met with management on 16th February to discuss issues brought to our attention and look at how we negotiate on your behalf in the future.
Jim Cunningham and Malcolm McFie were there to represent GMB members.
Here are the brief points discussed:
• Management advised the meeting that UNITE…
Posted: 13th February 2017
GMB Dundee Branch will be marching in support and solidarity with our fellow public sector workers this Saturday, 18th February 2017.
We would like as many GMB members and their families and friends to come along to say NO to the cuts to jobs and services. Our members work really hard every day to deliver…
Posted: 10th February 2017
We met with management on the 8th February and it’s safe to say that whilst they appear to be attempting to tinker around the edges of the proposals, we are still in fundamental opposition to the 170 job losses that this ‘project’ is likely to result in.
They have now produced Equality Impact Assessments for…
Posted: 10th February 2017
We have met with the teams who particapated in the trials over the last 2 days and will meet with management on the 15th to discuss some of the findings.
Health questionnaires have been issued to all who have participated in the trial – these will help to inform us and help with the negotiations.
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Posted: 10th February 2017
LACD management are attempting to privatise the Greenkeepers’ who maintain the city’s golf courses. You may have seen some things in the press. We are extremely alarmed at the prospect of any privatisation and the precedent that this could set for everyone in Leisure and Culture.
Stirling Council were just about to agree the wholesale…
Posted: 2nd February 2017
We met with the official side last week and, despite representations, the official side still seem to believe that the interview selection process is still the ‘fairest way’ to select staff for posts.
They also still insist that they will be placing the burden of the cost of cars onto members – we have expressed…
Posted: 2nd February 2017
GMB @ Fife Schools
We have been made aware that Fife Council have employed a consultancy firm to help them make cuts to catering hours in schools.
We were made aware only last week that a trial was to begin this week – after representations made by the Joint Trade Unions, this has been stopped…
Posted: 14th October 2016
Dear GMB Member
Yesterday, 13th October 2016, your representatives from the GMB along with the Joint Trade Unions met with Dundee City Council to advise them that the proposals in their most recent form are rejected for all members. This was the message that all members gave us loud and clear after the consultation meetings.
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Posted: 11th October 2016
Dear GMB @Tayside Contracts Members
We wanted to update you to let you know what’s happened since you rejected the proposed changes to terms and conditions.
There has not been any meetings with Tayside Contracts since that date, however we asked that the money that was in the pot was distributed amongst grades 1-…
Posted: 26th September 2016
First of all thank you to every GMB member who used your vote to have your voice heard.
The result is that a 2/3 majority of those who voted have voted to agree to a split shifts trial. Please remember that this is purely a trial and in no way means that the imposition…