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Union calls for role to help minimum wage workers

Union calls for role to help minimum wage workers

A leading trade union has called for it to be given a role in helping low paid workers help themselves.

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Union proposes solution to capital homelessness

Union proposes solution to capital homelessness

A leading trade union has called for London local authorities to be given powers to use vacant dwellings left empty for prolonged periods to house people on their housing waiting list.

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Public back more funding for care workers

Public back more funding for care workers

Three quarters (73%) of the public support a tax increase to pay for adult social care, a Survation poll for the GMB trade union has revealed.

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4m public sector workers set for £2.4bn payout

4m public sector workers set for £2.4bn payout

A high court ruling in a landmark pensions case means the Government could pay back an estimated £2.4 billion it owes to public sector workers immediately, according to GMB Union.

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Demand for Free Vitamin D for Night Shifts

Demand for Free Vitamin D for Night Shifts

Night shift workers should be provided with free Vitamin D by bosses to keep them healthy, a leading trade union has said.

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Sex toys and hand grenades show vital work of airport staff

Sex toys and hand grenades show vital work of airport staff

GMB members have revealed their strangest moments as they keep the millions of people who use Heathrow Airport safe. From super guns, sex toys and…

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Council joins fight against domestic abuse

Council joins fight against domestic abuse

Sandwell Council has become the first employer to sign up to GMB’s ‘Work to Stop Domestic Violence’ charter.

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MPs launch group to find solutions to social care crisis

MPs launch group to find solutions to social care crisis

A new parliamentary group that brings together MPs from different political parties to look at social care, has been launched in Westminster.

The first task for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Social Care (APPG Social Care)  will be to hold an inquiry into the care system, funding and state of staffing in the sector.

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Disability passports help 95,000 get better support at work

Disability passports help 95,000 get better support at work

The Trades Union Congress and GMB trade union have launched a Reasonable Adjustments Passport that will help 95,000 people with disabilities in the South West who fall out of work or switch employers each year.

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Holiday pay and guaranteed earnings for gig economy workers

Holiday pay and guaranteed earnings for gig economy workers

Hermes’ self-employed couriers can have holiday pay and guaranteed earnings

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