The Government has recently announced that it intends to use Minimum Staffing Requirement Legislation during any strike action taken in schools.
GMB the Union for school support staff does not believe that trying to remove school workers’ right to strike is the way forward, and instead they should be concentrating on increasing schools funding so they can afford fair, funded pay increases for support staff without job losses, and then there would be no need for legislation on minimum staffing! A government that is collapsing quicker than schools built with RAAC needs to talk with GMB about the staff morale and retention crisis rather than announce even more draconian anti Trade Union legislation.
GMB will be meeting with Government Ministers soon to discuss this issue and will update you accordingly. In the interim if you would like GMB to arrange a meeting in your school to discuss this or any other issue(s)Â please contact your region.
Posted: 24th October 2023