GMB Swindon social workers to walk out again from today [Tuesday 19 March] as council fails to meet negotiation deadline

Ofsted inspectors should meet striking Swindon social workers, GMB has said.

GMB, the union for Wiltshire Council, has called a further strike ballot of traffic wardens opposing the removal of a 10% unsocial hours allowance, that would see each of them…

Social workers to join dispute during which traffic wardens have already taken 11 days of action

This result – a pay rise of up to 10 per cent – just goes to show the importance of being a union member and of standing together to fight for better pay, says GMB

GMB union set to ballot borough's refuse and recycling workers for strike action over pay

We need Swindon Council need to meet us for constructive talks because the service is struggling after the loss of highly skilled, specialist mental health practitioners, to the…

Our members are demanding equal pay for equal work and an end to outsourcing which they see as an institutionally racist practice says GMB

The dispute remains unresolved, and GMB is willing to talk to the council at any time, through ACAS, to find a resolution, says GMB  

GMB have offered emergency cover several times to Swindon Borough Council officers, who are unfortunately just not interested in talking to us about it, says GMB Union