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Strike set to 'decimate' services at Orpington's Princess Royal Hospital
More than 100 workers at Princess Royal University Hospital are set to down tools from early morning on Wednesday 29 until midnight on Thursday 30 May....
Asda Brighton Hollingbury Bank Holiday Weekend strike set to cause barbecue chaos
Countless customers from across Brighton will be hoping to buy barbecue and picnic supplies; they’ll now have to cross a picket line to do so...
BCP Council hit by GMB union strike ballot
Council workers being balloted over non-disclosure of information relating to job re-evaluation...
GMB member judge's legal challenge reaches court of appeal
The union member’s challenge to ‘Secret Soundings’ case scheduled for Thursday 13 June...
Asda Brighton workers announce strike dates
GMB members in Brighton to strike over weekend of Friday 24 and Saturday 25 May...
Swindon Borough Council faces strike vote over 'colonial era work practices,' says GMB
Social workers at Swindon Borough Council are set for a strike vote over ‘colonial era working practices’, GMB Union claims....
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Epsom & St Helier ambulance strike to begin on Wednesday amid union claims of expensive strike busting
The Trust look set to pay for private hire vehicles for patients on the strike days but not to pay these members what they’re owed, says GMB...
South Western Ambulance Workers Balloted Over 'Discriminatory And Unsafe' Break Policy
South Western Ambulance Trust (SWAST) workers are set to be balloted over a policy change which GMB union believes to be discriminatory and dangerous...
Brighton Asda superstore votes for strike action
GMB members at Brighton Hollingbury latest to vote to take industrial action...
Patient transfer ambulance workers to strike in South London & Surrey NHS Trust
GMB union calling on trust to ‘pay up now’ or risk ‘severe disruption’ to appointments and treatments...
GMB welcomes the exit of Terence Herbert Chief Executive of Wiltshire Council
GMB, the union for Wiltshire Council staff, recently welcomed the judgement from Bristol Employment Tribunal issued on 27 March 2024 that an email sent by council Chief Executive Terence Herbert broke industrial relations law back in November 2022. ...
Tribunal rules Wiltshire Council 'broke law' in industrial dispute
Wiltshire Council has been brought into disrepute by actions of Chief Executive Terence Herbert, claims GMB...
Swindon Social Workers Strike To Recommence As Council Refuses To Talk
GMB Swindon social workers to walk out again from today [Tuesday 19 March] as council fails to meet negotiation deadline...
OFSTED Should Meet Striking Swindon Social Workers Following Failed Inspection, Says GMB
Ofsted inspectors should meet striking Swindon social workers, GMB has said....
ASDA Faces Strike Vote at Three More Stores
Asda workers are voting on strike action because they want to see a better, thriving company, says GMB Union...
Wiltshire Traffic Wardens Balloted For Further Strike Action To Mark Second Anniversary of GMB's Longest Running Dispute
GMB, the union for Wiltshire Council, has called a further strike ballot of traffic wardens opposing the removal of a 10% unsocial hours allowance, that would see each of them lose about £180 per month in take home pay....
Brighton Refuse Workers Call For Meaningful Talks To Avoid Escalation Over 'Service Delivery Issues'
Hard-working GMB members at City Clean are frustrated by management not dealing with issues....