Laura Maughan
@LauraMaughan12
She/Her, GMB Regional Organiser, My opinions/views are my own.
Pay deal for 150,000 schools and council staff settled by GMB - gmb.org.uk/news/gmb-reluc…
🚨Please click the below 👇 for recent GMB information regarding the Local Government pay offer gmb.org.uk/public-service…
A big day for the North East. I promised to fight child poverty. Today we’re taking action with £28.6m for a North East Child Poverty Action Plan🎉 That means more families receiving baby boxes, grants for pregnant Mams, youth clubs to help build skills for work and much more.…
BREAKING 🚨: Hula-Hoops, Pom-Bears and Discos crisp workers begin strike vote today 🥔 The beloved snacks could be in short supply - unless bosses pay a decent wage to their staff 💷
Congratulations to the workforce and @GMB_union on gaining recognition. Union recognition is the cornerstone of well-paid, secure work with good employment rights. Under the Employment Rights Bill Labour is making this easier. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Teesside wind firm faces strike vote | GMB Union gmb.org.uk/news/teesside-…
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📢 Big news: SEAH Wind better clear some wall space — GMB’s recognition application has been accepted by the CAC! 🗂️ Time to hang up that shiny new union notice board… we’ve got things to say. @GMBCampaigns
🚨 GMB Union is deeply concerned by the overwhelming response to our recent bullying & harassment survey at Gateshead Council. We're now extending the survey to all our members in Gateshead. The voices of GMB members will shape our steps. 📢 Gateshead Council must 👂 and act!
BREAKING 🚨: North East aerospace company cancels sick pay for workers - so 96% vote to strike
Keir Starmer promised one of his first acts would be to introduce the Hillsborough Law. He hasn't – so I have. Tomorrow the Government could block this Bill, or get behind it. Sign my petition calling on the Prime Minister to keep his promise: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pass…
GMB members from Queensway Primary School in Leeds, take their fight to save the school to the heart of Leeds City Council. The teaching assistants made a formal deputation to the council to let them know the mental and emotional burden they have suffered because of the planned…
🚨 Systemic Bullying & Harassment at Gateshead Council 🚨 Our members have spoken—and GMB is listening. We’re standing with you to organise, mobilise, and campaign for dignity at work. Together, we’ll make work better. 💪 #GMBUnion #MakeWorkBetter #StopBullying
🚨 NEW: Labour MP Ian Lavery says "this is crazy man" as he calls on the Government to pull the welfare reform Bill "This is outrageous... The Bill is 15 pages. If I asked the [Minster] to rip the ones out now that changed, there would only be two left. Withdraw the Bill"
🚨 NEW: Labour MPs are now asking in the Commons what they’re even voting on after the Government effectively ditched its flagship welfare Bill Some are calling for it to be pulled altogether - but Government sources say there are "no plans" to do so at the moment
Here, Here @IanLaveryMP powerful and moving speech as always.
📢 Dundee City Council Stop Wasting Public Money — deliver #EqualPayNow! Our members made their voices heard today in Dundee.
The revelation that Northumbria Police have destroyed all remaining documentation relating to the Miners Strike and Orgreave is most disturbing - particularly the timing. Please read the statement from @orgreavejustice: otjc.org.uk/northumbria-po…
Doncaster council workers hit by 12-year pay cut doncasterfreepress.co.uk/lifestyle/mone…
Doncaster: Restore Workers' Pay! In 2012 Doncaster Council slashed staff pay by up to 2.5 per cent - as an austerity measure - with a promise to review the cut every year. These cuts have never been reversed, meaning that Doncaster wages lag behind other local authorities…