Archive
October 2024
Wandsworth’s Council’s progress as a Great Employer and 130 years of Battersea and Wandsworth Trade Union Council.
• mandated the payment of Living Wage rates within all new and extended contracts since June 2022. Progress has been made and more than 230 contracts stipulate that staff working on the contract must be paid at least Living Wage rates. This represents significant progress towards…
February 2024
WANDSWORTH UNIONS LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN FOR CLEAN AIR IN TOOTING MARKETS WITH PHOTOCALL ON 14thFEBRUARY AS PART OF TUC HEARTS UNION WEEK.
WANDSWORTH UNIONS LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN FOR CLEAN AIR IN TOOTING MARKETS WITH PHOTOCALL ON 14thFEBRUARY AS PART OF TUC HEARTS UNION WEEK.
May 2019
Kells for Mayday Red Flag Festival 2019
It is important that the continuity of the long term intergenerational campaign for economic and social justice is remembered and celebrated…
February 2017
GMB Members at Wandsworth Council contractor, continental landscapes, to strike on 28 February & 1 March over pay
The directors of Continental Landscapes are simply promoting modern day slavery within Wandsworth says GMB Southern.
December 2016
BWTUC join GMB call for residents to stop managers announcing closure of St Helier hospital in Carshalton
GMB Southern, the union for staff at St Helier’s hospital in Carshalton, Sutton has learned from sources within the board of the NHS Trust that…
December 2016
Appeal to Unions - Shrewsbury Hub of the National Festival of LGBT History
The Festival gives taster insights into Lesbian, Gay, Bi & Trans lives to illustrate how these stories have been written out of history and the…
December 2015
GMB object to redevelopment plan for Chelsea Sutton estate over loss of 146 social housing units contrary to borough plan
GMB object to redevelopment plan for Chelsea Sutton estate over loss of 146 social housing units contrary to borough plan
December 2015
GMB to consult members on new two year pay offer for council workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
A national meeting of representatives in January will decide union stance on the proposals before giving all members a vote on the offer in a…
April 2015
GMB call on second anniversary of Bangladesh Rana Plaza disaster for firms yet to pay compensation to do so withough further delays
Call that labour-standard should be improved with free trade unions and repression on workers should be stopped and living wage should be paid…
