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Joint Union Statement for School staff 27.1.22

Posted: 27th January 2022

Date: 27/01/2022Joint Union Statement 

On Wednesday, 19 January the Prime Minister announced that the Government was ending England’s ‘Plan B’ measures. This included the lifting of the recommendation that face coverings be worn in secondary classrooms from Thursday, 20 January, and the rules requiring face coverings in communal areas in all schools from Thursday, 27 January

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Update Re NJC Pay Ballot 20 Jan’ 2022

Posted: 21st January 2022

Firstly, please accept our apologies that we have not been able to contact you more quickly with the results of the recent NJC Local Government and Schools Indicative Industrial Action Ballot. The ballot was a Nationwide Ballot and therefore the results have been looked at in a national, regional, and local context.

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Advice to Members Working In Education 3/1/22

Posted: 4th January 2022

Dear GMB Member,

Yet again we face another critical moment in the pandemic, with the Omicron variant spreading rapidly. GMB’s priority, as always, is to protect education, and this means keeping staff and students as safe as possible from the impact of the virus.

In recent days, GMB met with other education unions and agreed…

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