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GMB believe that PCCs who agree to sign-up to the employment charter will set a positive tone for a good working relationship with police staff who are now their employees

The Government is throwing disabled workers in Leeds out of work and on to the scrapheap says GMB

Deal due to start at the end of October was delayed this until November but when GMB met with SOVA on Monday they could not confirm any implementation date so deal agreed at ACAS was just another false promise says GMB

For industrial stability it is essential that all employers recognise the necessity of the universal usage of the national agreement by all employers on all engineering construction sites such as new power stations sites says GMB

Without the details GMB has requested it is impossible to propose alternatives but this plan as it stands will not work says GMB

Even the Tories now that recognize that the UK needs a nationalised Central Electricity Purchasing Board, underwriter by the taxpayer and with Government having powers to fix wholesale electricity prices, in order to keep the lights says GMB

BBPA did so in attempting to avoid statutory regulation by stating it wasn’t necessary as codes were already legally enforceable and agreeing to “improvements” which were already in existing codes and having no effect says GMB

Instead national planning is needed with a single body like the Water Resources Board given enough money and responsibility to deal with both flood defences and drought and metering should be downgraded says GMB

A ‘funeral procession’ protest is the only way to mark the end of this service which is disgraceful says GMB

GMB calls upon the council to rethink the decision and suspend the One Barnet programme and look at an in-house option as they have done with Street Scene services