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I am pleased to welcome our new Branch Secretary Dave Couchman-Boor. Dave will be settling in over the next few months and will be looking to change our venue for branch meetings, as Hounslow Civic centre will be demolished ahead of new council offices being built in the local area. As outgoing acting branch secretary,…
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2017 brings a new opportunity for us to revitalise the branch. Can you help represent the branch in various important areas?
We are looking for delegates to send to many different conferences to represent LGBT and Black and Ethnic workers GMB Members. These are most important to validate our policy of diversity and inclusion.
There…
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Contact your branch for access to LRD publications or log in via the GMB national site, The LRD is an independent research organisation which has been providing information for trade unionists for 100 years visit the LRD Home Page Here
Law at Work 2015 published
LRD’s annual employment law guide Law at…
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Conservative claws have at last been revealed in the publication of the Trade Union Bill. There are no surprises in the attacks on unions and the Labour Party’s finances.
The Bill will introduce a 50% threshold for ballot turn-out; and an additional threshold of 40% of support to take industrial action from all members eligible to…
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The gap between the income of many families and the cost of a decent standard of living is still much wider than before the recession, the poverty campaign group, the Joseph Rowntree Foundations (JRF), says in its 2015 report on the Minimum Income Standard.
The cost of the Minimum Income Standard (MIS) basket of goods…
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Hi just for members of the branch a liitle post about my trip as a vistor to the GMB Congress 2015
A very fine month in June for the weather more so for Dubliners in Eire who seem to be having a heat wave for once. What took me for a trip to the country…
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In the private and public sectors GMB demands enough hours of work and high enough wages from employers to enable our members to live free of benefits while at work. At the moment for a full time working week GMB calculates this t be no less than £10 an hour for mots members. But for…
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This is the text of the speech delivered by Michael D Higgins President of Ireland at the 98th GMB Congress in Dublin on Monday June 8th. A video recording is available on the GMB website in the Congress archive.
THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND: (Irish greeting) Dear fellow trade unionists, I am delighted to be here…
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Take a Residential Course with the GMB College
GMB College 3 and 5 residential courses in
GMB College is a recognised and accredited college newly opened in Dublin.
The academic staff includes…
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Meeting Schedule for 2018
Meeting is at the Salvation Army hall in Feltham. The address is 119 Bedfont Lane. TW14 9BH.