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GMB@ TAYSIDE CONTRACTS – SCHOOL VISITS

Posted: 15th January 2016

GMB are visiting members in Schools on the following dates:

Week Commencing 18th January 2016

Monday 18th January

Ancrum Road Primary School
Camperdown Primary School
Gowriehill Primary School
Hillside Primary School
Menzieshill High School
Saint Ninian’s Primary School
St. John’s RC High School
St Mary’s RC Primary School

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Dundee Says Enough is Enough

Posted: 14th January 2016

STOP THE CUTS

Protest March and Rally

Saturday, January 30th 2016

Assemble: 10.30am – Dunhope Park, Lochee Road Gate.

March off: 11am – Lochee Road, West Marketgait and Nethergate to Rallly in City Square.

Everyone is welcome to come along and show your support.

Enough is Enough flyer

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GMB Dundee for Reps – Now on Facebook.

Posted: 14th January 2016

A dedicated Facebook group has been created for all GMB reps based in Dundee regardless of employer.

This is a great way for everyone to keep in touch and share information.

This is a closed group and can only be seen by the Dundee reps that join the group… So management can’t see…

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GMB@ Environment – Proposed Changes For GMB Members

Posted: 14th January 2016

Ian Geekie, Jimmy Burke & Drew Duffy attended the second Management/Trade Union Meeting on 13th January 2016.

Job Descriptions
There are currently 25 job descriptions and management have proposed to reduce this to 5 generic descriptions with specialised areas on each. Your GMB reps have copies of these 5 job descriptions so please ask…

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Dundee Home Care Update

Posted: 18th November 2015

Dundee City Council and GMB met today to discuss the on-going review of working patterns.

We agreed that over the next 4-5 weeks the council will meet all of the home care staff on a one2one basis to discuss how the rota will affect you.

Please be honest, explain your feelings (good or bad) and…

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Leisure & Culture TOIL Survey

Posted: 25th September 2015

GMB Members across Leisure & Culture Dundee (L&CD) have been sent a survey on TOIL.

Earlier this summer L&CD introduced a policy that was never agreed with any of the trade unions, despite numerous meetings we haven’t managed to resolve the issue yet. Therefore so we can see exactly how many members this change has…

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Dundee Home Care Shift Review

Posted: 25th September 2015

GMB Representatives from Dundee 1 branch met with management yesterday and we fed back that the shift proposal isn’t acceptable as it stands. The meeting we had at the Marryat Hall was well attended and not one member indicated they were happy with the proposal of split sifts and 15 hour days.

Management have listened…

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