West Yorkshire Mayor: We are delighted to confirm that the GMB Regional Committee today endorsed Tracy Brabin’s candidature for the position of West Yorkshire Mayor
@TracyBrabin
@cpinder
@PDaviesGMB
Chloe’s Dad is an Ambulance worker in West Yorkshire & today he’ll be taking action alongside nurses, striking for fair pay & striking to save their profession. Her message to
@SteveBarclay
is why won’t he talk pay so her Dad can get on and do the job he loves?
@Deanneferguson
👇
#endrubbishpay
Striking refuse workers at Veolia in Sheffield kick-started their industrial action this morning outside the depot on Lumley Street. They will shortly be marching on Sheffield Town Hall for a rally at 9am.
@leeparkinson14
@BBCSheffield
This is Devon, a Paramedic from Leeds. She tells us why she’s on strike. She cares about her job & patient safety. She deserves a decent pay rise & the public deserve an ambulance service fit for purpose. It’s time for the government to deliver on both
@SteveBarclay
#TalkPayNow
Hazel Nolan, GMB Regional Secretary addressing the GMB rally in Doncaster today - We need to see the government step-up and provide the financial support needed to save Doncaster Sheffield Airport. That’s the best way we can secure its long-term future and members’ jobs.
On July 1st, vote for unity over division. Vote for a candidate who knows this community, understands this community and will still be here in this community long after the outsiders and cameras have gone.
GMB's S38 Branch, along with REC and CEC member Kevan Hensby, showing solidarity with the RMT workers at Midland station, Sheffield, earlier today ✊
@RMTunion
British Gas Strike in Leeds. Stop Fire And Rehire protest at Leeds Armley Gyratory. The site of the old British Gas training centre before it was closed by Centrica.
#StopTheBritishGasFire
Fantastic campaign day in Batley & Spen today. So much support on the door step for Kim Leadbeater. This is a great community that deserves a great MP. Polls are closed and counting has started. Good luck Kim from everyone at GMB Union
@cathpinder
@PDaviesGMB
@kimleadbeater
GMB members working for North East, & Yorkshire Ambulance Services are striking after a decade of austerity and broken promises.
The government has imposed an average 4% pay offer on paramedics and ambulance workers. With inflation at over 10% it amounts to a 6% pay cut.
Proud to stand shoulder to shoulder today with GMB members working for ISS in Halifax who are protesting over poverty pay, they
#DemandBetter
We send solidarity to our comrades who have travelled to London today for the TUC rally✊
Campaign to save Doncaster Sheffield Airport & hundreds of jobs continues. We’re calling on PM, Liz Truss & Transport Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan to stop passing buck, take action and meet with us & Peel Group as a matter of urgency
@sarahbarnesGMB
@trussliz
Sarah Barnes, GMB Organiser: “There's a genuine chance we can save our amazing airport, if Peel decides to do the right thing. If they won't, we need the Government to step in and use the powers and influence they have.
@sarahbarnesGMB
@HJN1889
@save_dsa
@PeelLandP
@GMB_union
GMB kicks off a campaign at Card Factory in Wakefield this morning to secure Union recognition for its 200 strong workforce. Our members have chosen GMB to make work better for them and the work to make that a reality starts now
@cathpinder
@HJN1889
@rotson
@Mourinho14Booth
We’re at a Barchester care home tonight in Heckmondwike, speaking to staff on the night shift following the news that the company has derecognised GMB, denying 30,000 carers the right to have a recognised trade union in their workplace.
@dixierach
@rotson
@desireegmb
@PDaviesGMB
Equal Pay Day 2023: 22 November
Today is Equal Pay Day - GMB Union will never stop fighting for pay justice, and we are proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with likeminded campaigners and organisations
@fawcettsociety
Work of equal value deserves equal pay
#EqualPayDay
Great start to GMB Congress 2022, with our very own James Wilton and Andy ‘Minty’ Gibson carrying the regional banner in the opening ceremony
#MakeWorkBetter
Solidarity with GMB members at South Tyneside Refuse who are back out on strike today because of workplace bullying.
Coverage below from our last round of action and a big thank you to the people of South Tyneside for your support 👇💪
@KatFletcher
@HebburnCurly
@StephenThompki1
GMB members have had their say on pay and now Yorkshire Ambulance Service faces a strike vote as GMB Union launches a formal industrial action ballot
#KnowYourWorth
@Deanneferguson
@RHarrisonGMB
GMB members working at Valeo Confectionary in York downed tools today in a dispute with management over pay and ongoing attacks to terms and conditions.
Management refer to workers as monkeys and trying to silence unions raising serious concerns re: hygiene, health and safety.
Great turn out for the ASDA demo in Leeds today calling on ASDA to show its workers some respect. Loyal staff are being rewarded with cuts to terms and conditions. Back our call for a better deal
Join us this Saturday 22nd Oct at 3pm for a march and rally to save 800 jobs at Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Meeting at Hayfield School, Doncaster, DN9 3HG. March will set off for the airport at 3.30pm.
@sarahbarnesGMB
@save_dsa
#SaveOurAirport
If you’re out shopping for a new sofa tomorrow, spare a thought for GMB members who make them at DFS Northern Upholstery.
GMB Union members who work at the manufacturing site in Doncaster are losing some of their contracted hours. They also want their union, the GMB, to be
GMB members from Doncaster Sheffield Airport headed to Parliament today to hand in a 100,000 strong petition - They met with Shadow Secretary for Transport, Sheffield Heeley MP Louise Haigh, before handing in the petition to the Department for Transport.
Strike action looms at Leeds Bradford International Airport, as GMB members vote 93% in favour of strike action over pay. Security staff are angered as airport bosses delay pay talks, leaving them to struggle on minimum wage
@HJN1889
@dixierach
@cathpinder
@PDaviesGMB
What a brilliant couple of days the GMB team from North East, Yorkshire & Humber Region have had so far at GMB Congress 2023 in Brighton.
There’s been no hesitation in getting stuck into debates and motions and doing the region proud time and time again as they address
We send messages of solidarity from the North East, Yorkshire & Humber region to striking Amazon workers. Today you make history, as you stand together and demand fair pay
#MakeWorkBetter
#BlackFriday
Great to see regional president
@cathpinder
with
@Mourinho14Booth
on the ambulance workers' picket line in Leeds this morning. "Fantastic to see so much public support for our ambulance workers."
Good luck to GMB's Deanne Ferguson today, the Labour candidate for Morley and Outwood. She's had a fantastic campaign with local people at the centre of everything she stands for and will make an amazing MP. Good luck sister, we're proud of you
@Deanneferguson
Tracy Brabin MP and her team from Batley & Spen take time out to send us greetings and don't they look great in their ❤ GMB Union t-shirts 👌
@cathpinder
@liberteguernica
Great end to a great day campaigning in Pontefract with Tracy Brabin, Labour's Mayoral candidate for West Yorkshire & Mel Jones, candidate in the locals for Pontefract South. Positive feedback on the doorstep and such a great community
@cathpinder
@PDaviesGMB
@TracyBrabin