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GMB Union has described new Covid testing plans ‘gesture politics of the worst kind’.

Wilko is to close 16 stores across the UK in what GMB Union describes as ‘another nail in the High Street’s coffin’. 

A typical carer would have to work for 173 years to earn the same money an average CEO scoops in just 12 months, GMB analysis of High Pay Centre data reveals. 

Lighthouse Financial Advice is organising a ‘Planning Your Financial Future’ webinar specifically designed to help GMB members secure their financial futur

All GMB offices in the region will be closed from 2pm on Thursday 23 December 2021 and will reopen on the 4 January 2022.

For any urgent employment related issues please contact your local workplace representative or local branch.  For any urgent legal matters please call UnionLine on 0300 333 0303.

We’d like to wish you and your families all the best for the festive season and a very happy and healthy New Year.

You will be aware that the Government introduced its Plan B last week in response to the surge of the Omicron variant.  It is probably too early to say exactly how this new variant will develop, how it is affected by the vaccine and what impact it will have on society in the weeks ahead, but we are closely monitoring the situation.

GMB Union has called for Government guarantees on furlough, sick pay and workers safety in the wake of the covid plan B measures announced by the Prime Minister.

Lighthouse Financial Advice is organising a ‘Planning Your Financial Future’ webinar specifically designed to help GMB members secure their financial future.