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“GMB has repeatedly requested a meeting with the Employers, and they have now agreed to meet with us.”
Local Government Pay Update 2026/27
On 1 December 2025, GMB, Unite and Unison submitted the pay claim for 2026/27.
Following this, the Employers held a series of regional meetings to consider the claim.
The Local Government…
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In 1908, against a backdrop of terrible working conditions & exploitation, 15,000 women took to the streets in New York protesting for shorter hours, better pay & voting rights. The next year the Socialist Party of America announced a National Women’s Day was held in 1911, and more than a million people turned out to tallies…
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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…
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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…
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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:
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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…