GFTU/WEA Classes
Posted: 23rd July 2021
Please see a leaflet outlining a series of classes on Working Class/Radical History
Regards,
Leicester Services Branch
Branch News
NJC PAY UPDATE
Posted: 15th July 2021
Please see attached National Joint Council pay newsletter:
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Leicester Services Branch
LOCAL GOVERNMENT: SCHOOL, COUNCILS PAY UPDATE
Posted: 24th June 2021
Please see attached the latest LOCAL GOV NEWSLETTER June 2021
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Letter re: face coverings in schools
Posted: 6th May 2021
Particularly for those working in schools please find below an open letter to Secretary of State for Education regarding the need to continue wearing face coverings as a mitigatory measure against Covid in schools:
https://www.covidactiongroup.com/open-letter-to-secretary-of-state-for-education
If you haven’t signed already and want to please see below. Also forward to others that maybe interested – students…
Victory for millions of low paid public sector workers as exit cap regulations withdrawn
Posted: 15th February 2021
Ministers forced into change following Judicial Review brought by GMB Union
GMB Union, which represents more than 300,000 workers in local government and the wider public sector, has welcomed the Government’s decision to withdraw its exit cap regulations.
The Government’s u-turn means that the perverse regulations that have hit low paid workers the hardest will…
Latest Bulletin for Schools Staff
Posted: 22nd January 2021
COVID-19 ABSENCE RATES HIGHER FOR SCHOOL SUPPORT STAFF THAN TEACHERS, GMB ANALYSIS SHOWS
Throughout the pandemic your union has been raising concerns that our members are disproportionately being exposed to the Covid virus.
School support staff make up 2/3 of the total education workforce and have been on the frontline in every classroom and every…
Membership Benefits
Posted: 13th January 2021
Please see the attached reminder of services available to members:
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Leicester Services Branch
Making Schools Safe
Posted: 5th January 2021
From New Year’s Day onwards GMB has called on Secretary of State for Education Gavin Williamson to extend home learning for all primary school children with the exception of vulnerable children and key workers’ children.
GMB will never play fast and loose with the security of your jobs and whilst most of the country moves…
GMB Guidance: Re-opening of Primary Schools and Early Years (England)
Posted: 4th January 2021
GMB has been clear from the start of the Covid pandemic that our school-based members’ safety and pay terms and conditions are GMB’s upmost priority.
On Saturday 2 January GMB called on Secretary of State for Education Gavin Williamson to extend home learning for all primary school children who are not the children of…
Bulletin for schools-based members : England
Posted: 21st December 2020
GMB SCHOOL STAFF MEMBERS ‘DON’T TAKE PART IN ‘DANGEROUS TESTING EXPERIMENT’ UNTIL SAFEGUARDS PUT IN PLACE
Billions given to friends of Tory ministers to deliver testing – why must schools scrabble around for volunteers over Christmas holiday, asks GMB Union?
GMB, the union for school staff, will tell members not to volunteer for the ‘chaotic…