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On 28 February 2026 NEU will begin balloting their members – including support staff – asking if they are willing to take industrial action on the DfEs recommendation to the School Teachers Review Board (STRB) for an unfunded 6.5% pay increase (over 3 years) and the issue of teacher workload.
Many support staff will be…
Posted: 20
Support staff are often undervalued and unrecognised for the work they do which is why being in a Union that only represents them is so important. Our focus is solely on making work better for our members and our campaigns demonstrate this commitment.
Whether its calling for the end of low paid Term Time Only…
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The new and revived B44 branch newsletter, is available here
The branch intends to issue a newsletter every 3-4 months.
The branch has been extremely busy since the retirement of the previous Branch Secretary, Martin Foster. Trudi Woodland, his previously seconded rep, took on the role.
Given austerity and school and local government funding…
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Following on from the recent update on the outcome of the ballot on the 3.2% pay offer, the Joint Unions wrote to the Employer seeking to further negotiations. The Unions shared their members’ strength of feeling and expressed disappointment the offer was less than that for other Public Sector workers, but the Employer still refused…
Posted: 14
GMB’s London Region is currently seeking applications for the following roles based at our Hendon Office:
For full details, including the job description, please read the job adverts in the links below:
Posted: 10
Plerase click the link below for full details of the joint unions pay claim for 2025/6
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GMB FIGHTING FOR MEMBERS
GMB members of Unite Union are in dispute with the employer, the following articles follow the dispute and action to date.
Staff at Unite the Union strike over ‘bullying and victimisation
Unite’s failure to act over bullying and victimisation allegations is ‘unacceptable’ and GMB members have ‘quite simply…
Posted: 29
Dear CBC staff GMB member! I am sure you are aware of the recent budget announcements at CBC. I realise how worrying these situations are – please know that GMB are here to support you. I am working with the other recognised unions to challenge the budget plan to minimise the effect on staff- we…
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The Labour government has published its new Employment Rights Bill and MPs got to debate the new legislation earlier this week.
Introduced within 100 days of the General Election, the bill is a big moment for GMB members as it begins to bring into law key policies that our union has long campaigned for. It…