Posted: 12th September 2016
Ray will complete his 75th Marathon this week !
Ray Matthews will complete his amazing challenge this Wednesday arriving at Newman School at 16:30.
He will have ran distance of over 1965 miles and further than the distance between Manchester and Ibiza!
This is a superhuman effort for an incredibly worthy cause.
The money that Ray is raising will…
Posted: 10th June 2016
The Yorkshire and North Derbyshire Region of the GMB has approximately 64,000 members. A key aim of the Productive Learning Project will be the continuation and expansion of workplace and life-long learning not only to existing members but to those not yet engaged with the union learning agenda.
Through negotiated learning agreements the project will…
Posted: 17th May 2016
PAY DEAL FINALLY AGREED FOR STAFF IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND MOST ACADEMIES & SCHOOLS
Dear Colleagues
Agreement has now been reached between the Trade Union Side and the Employers on the two-year 2016-18 pay offer.
All councils, schools and academies that follow the NJC for pay will be notified of this agreement so that they…
Posted: 29th April 2016
Ray is aiming to raise £75000 for Newman Special School in Rotherham by Running 75 Marathons
in 75 Days starting on his 75th Birthday.
That is a distance of over 1965 miles and further than the distance between Manchester and Ibiza!
This is a superhuman effort for an incredibly worthy cause, The GMB Rotherham have sponsored race numbers 1…
Posted: 14th April 2016
Please find the latest information received from the Local Government Association, regarding this year’s pay round.
Posted: 4th April 2016
TRADE UNION SIDE DISAGREEMENT OVER TWO-YEAR PAY DEAL
Following full membership consultation by GMB, and similar exercises by Unison and Unite, there is a different position among the national trade unions over the two-year pay deal that came about from national negotiations.
GMB members, in a full secret postal ballot, voted by 9-1 on an…
Posted: 17th March 2016
GMB MEMBERS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT & SCHOOLS VOTE “YES” TO TWO YEAR PAY OFFER
GMB’s full ballot of all members in councils, schools and most academies closed on 14th March with a big majority in favour of accepting the offer from the Employers.
However, you may have heard that Unison and Unite members have voted…
Posted: 23rd February 2016
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Posted: 11th January 2016
LOCAL GOVERNMENT TWO YEAR PAY OFFER ON THE TABLE
Following GMB national negotiations on behalf of members working in local authorities and schools covered by the NJC , we can report that the employers have put forward a pay offer covering the 2016 and 2017 pay round. This offer is worth 2.4% on the paybill…
Posted: 4th November 2015
Your rights as a trade union member are under threat.
The Trade Union Bill is already making its way through Parliament. It’s a direct attack on ordinary trade union members across the country.
In it, there are measures that would:
Make it much harder for trade union members to take industrial action. No one…
