/ Find all the latest news updates from GMB en-gb Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:23:51 GMT 2010 © GMB /system_pages/RSS_Feed.aspx 15 / /images/rssnews.gif As council chief executives are made expensively redundant one day and pop up in another job the next it is no wonder that the top council jobs are being seen as the best of all gravy trains says GMB /newsroom/latest_news/pay_of_council_chief_execs.aspx?lang=en-gb /newsroom/latest_news/pay_of_council_chief_execs.aspx?lang=en-gb Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:33:03 GMT Laura Jagdev News This is a critically important time for all of us interested in keeping the importance of nutrition and a healthy diet to the forefront of public debate says GMB President /newsroom/latest_news/mary_turner_bda_honorary_presi.aspx?lang=en-gb /newsroom/latest_news/mary_turner_bda_honorary_presi.aspx?lang=en-gb Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:06:06 GMT Katie Feighan News Meeting will take place on Wednesday 15th September, 7pm - 8.30pm, to discuss academies lack of accountability, democratic transparency, staff pay, conditions of service and pensions /newsroom/latest_news/redbridge_schools_meeting.aspx?lang=en-gb /newsroom/latest_news/redbridge_schools_meeting.aspx?lang=en-gb Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:03:53 GMT Laura Jagdev News West Lothian Council need to come back to the negotiating table to resolve this dispute, says GMB /newsroom/latest_news/gmb_strike_at_west_lothian.aspx?lang=en-gb /newsroom/latest_news/gmb_strike_at_west_lothian.aspx?lang=en-gb Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:01:56 GMT Charlotte Gregory News If there is no satisfactory response from the Trust at talks with Chief Executive tomorrow on breaches in rules on procurement and staff transfers strikes will go ahead says GMB /newsroom/latest_news/strike_vote__london_ambulance.aspx?lang=en-gb /newsroom/latest_news/strike_vote__london_ambulance.aspx?lang=en-gb Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:33:06 GMT Laura Jagdev News GMB steps up campaign to get wet and dry rents cut to save community pubs and secure a fair deal for tied tenants charged a mark up of 80p on pint of lager /newsroom/latest_news/everards_pub_prices_mark_up.aspx?lang=en-gb /newsroom/latest_news/everards_pub_prices_mark_up.aspx?lang=en-gb Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:03:54 GMT Laura Jagdev News The last thing GMB members want to do is to take strike action at Astra Zeneca but the savage attack by the Company on the pension entitlement of members leave them with no choice /newsroom/latest_news/pension_strike_at_astra_zeneca.aspx?lang=en-gb /newsroom/latest_news/pension_strike_at_astra_zeneca.aspx?lang=en-gb Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:00:02 GMT Katie Feighan News GMB call for public show of disapproval of council policies on jobs and services at next council meeting on 14 September /newsroom/latest_news/gmb_force_barnet_change.aspx?lang=en-gb /newsroom/latest_news/gmb_force_barnet_change.aspx?lang=en-gb Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:01:58 GMT Charlotte Gregory News As a Punch Taverns tenant paying a dry rent over three times what VOA assess as the open market rent for my pub on top of the wet rent I say to staff in these 333 pubs “be afraid –be very afraid” says GMB Organiser /newsroom/latest_news/333_pubs_sold_to_private_equit.aspx?lang=en-gb /newsroom/latest_news/333_pubs_sold_to_private_equit.aspx?lang=en-gb Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:40:34 GMT Charlotte Gregory News What could certainly be done without and no one would notice is the £690 million spent by Government employing 2,500 management consultants in 2009 says GMB /newsroom/latest_news/gmb_rebuts_500000_idle_worker.aspx?lang=en-gb /newsroom/latest_news/gmb_rebuts_500000_idle_worker.aspx?lang=en-gb Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:20:02 GMT Charlotte Gregory News GMB has had no satisfactory response from the Trust on breaches in rules on procurement and staff transfers and that is why the strike ballot is going ahead /newsroom/latest_news/gmb_strike_ballot_in_south_lo.aspx?lang=en-gb /newsroom/latest_news/gmb_strike_ballot_in_south_lo.aspx?lang=en-gb Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:56:24 GMT Katie Feighan News Contact and Escort Team that provide a safe and secure service for looked after children have been issued with a Section 188 official notice of redundancy /newsroom/latest_news/redundancies_in_birmingham.aspx?lang=en-gb /newsroom/latest_news/redundancies_in_birmingham.aspx?lang=en-gb Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:14:11 GMT Charlotte Gregory News This overcharging on freehold rents is a right royal Qatari rip- off of Britain's elderly and Qataris have a legal, moral and ethical responsibility to help the care home residents says GMB /newsroom/latest_news/gmb_southern_cross_demo.aspx?lang=en-gb /newsroom/latest_news/gmb_southern_cross_demo.aspx?lang=en-gb Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:49:37 GMT Charlotte Gregory News There will be a meeting of shop stewards later this week to fix dates for industrial action unless the company come back to the negotiating table with meaningful terms /newsroom/other_news/gmb_pensions_strike_at_astra_z.aspx?lang=en-gb /newsroom/other_news/gmb_pensions_strike_at_astra_z.aspx?lang=en-gb Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:33:23 GMT Charlotte Gregory News CAC decision a common sense ruling which upholds the right of JJB Sports workers to be represented by GMB as the union of their choice /newsroom/latest_news/gmb_win_at_jjb_sports.aspx?lang=en-gb /newsroom/latest_news/gmb_win_at_jjb_sports.aspx?lang=en-gb Thu, 19 Aug 2010 15:55:47 GMT Charlotte Gregory News It is obviously very sad that our members feel that they have no option but to take Industrial Action says GMB /newsroom/latest_news/gmb_strike_sandwell.aspx?lang=en-gb /newsroom/latest_news/gmb_strike_sandwell.aspx?lang=en-gb Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:39:46 GMT Katie Feighan News 1988 Local Government Act says the rateable value should be equal to the open market rent but formulas agreed between VOA, BBPA and RICS seems to be short-changing both the tenants and the taxpayers says GMB /newsroom/other_news/pubco_rents_4_times_voa_rents.aspx?lang=en-gb /newsroom/other_news/pubco_rents_4_times_voa_rents.aspx?lang=en-gb Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:09:35 GMT Charlotte Gregory News This overcharging on freehold rents is a right royal Qatari rip- off of Britain's elderly and frankly "takes the biscuit" says GMB /newsroom/latest_news/gmb_qia_demo_at_harrods.aspx?lang=en-gb /newsroom/latest_news/gmb_qia_demo_at_harrods.aspx?lang=en-gb Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:17:37 GMT Charlotte Gregory News GMB members hope that the future for BA will be bright and that when growth resumes that the prosperity can be shared between our members and the company /newsroom/other_news/ba_heathrow_ground_staff_deal.aspx?lang=en-gb /newsroom/other_news/ba_heathrow_ground_staff_deal.aspx?lang=en-gb Mon, 16 Aug 2010 13:18:40 GMT Charlotte Gregory News Tory claim that there is an economic necessity for savage cuts to close the deficit turns truth on its head as the fragile recovery places a duty on Government to sustain demand to ensure growth to close the deficit says GMB /newsroom/latest_news/unemployment_tory_gamble_will.aspx?lang=en-gb /newsroom/latest_news/unemployment_tory_gamble_will.aspx?lang=en-gb Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:16:54 GMT Laura Jagdev News