Posted: 29th October 2024
Schools Support Staff Update on National Joint Council (NJC) Pay Award for 2024-2025 After much national negotiation, agreement has been reached on the 2024 pay awards for Staff on NJC Terms and Conditions which covers the period 1st April 2024 to 31st March 2025.
The agreed pay award is for an increase of:
Posted: 27th October 2024
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…
Posted: 22nd October 2024
Remember if you have left an NJC employer since 1/4/24 you are entitled to ask them for the back pay- it will not happen automatically! Trudi Woodland B44 Branch Secretary
The results of the other unions ballots are in: the pay offer is agreed.
More than 100,000 GMB working in Local Government and schools have…
Posted: 14th October 2024
Dear members Many of you will have read the news that the Employment Rights Bill (2024) has started its journey through Parliament. GMB wanted to provide you with some context and details to help you understand what is to be expected. After several years of pressure from GMB, and our sister unions, we can share…
Posted: 18th September 2024
Posted: 18th September 2024
Posted: 13th September 2024
The results of GMB’s TTo contracts survey are now in and include
Posted: 22nd August 2024
Many of you will have been supported by Martin Foster the Branch Secretary over the past 20 odd years…. well he is retiring and the branch recently had it’s AGM and the following were elected:
Branch President : Karen Dudley Branch Secretary: Trudi Woodland (was Tew)
Equality…
Posted: 10th July 2024
GMB are writing to advise that a majority of GMB members who voted in the recent NJC ballot voted to accept the NJC pay offer for 2024/25.
We understand that a significant number of GMB members were very disappointed in other elements of the joint trade union pay claim being rejected by the National Employers,…