Posted: 27th March 2020
GMB Tayside Construction Members Briefing The following has been agreed between Tayside Contracts and GMB Union. All Managers should now be clear of what is considered essential work. Tayside Contracts is looking for operatives to be available to do Category 1 and 2 emergency jobs only during normal working hours and require standby operatives to…
Posted: 27th March 2020
GMB@Environment Not sure if there’s been some mischief making going on, but if you are at home because you are not currently classed as a key worker you will receive FULL PAY. It is absolutely NOT the case that you will only receive 80% of your pay. If anyone is saying this to you, please…
Posted: 27th March 2020
GMB School Staff Members
We are aware that the current situation is changing daily for many of you who work in schools.
GMB has asked for clear-lines of communication to ensure that all Support Staff feel included in the discussions about changes to school services during this national crisis.
Following feedback from our members within…
Posted: 26th March 2020
Dear Member First of all thank you for everything you are doing. You are all heroes. Your health and safety is paramount to us as your union. We are really concerned to hear some of your experiences out in the community and regularly we have been raising the issue of inappropriate PPE and the fact…
Posted: 26th March 2020
Dear Member,
DCC Management has this morning confirmed that our members within Environment who are not classed as key workers should now return home until further notice. We welcome this decision after we continued to highlight concerns around Health and Safety provision in line with the UK and Scottish Governments guidelines. This is a positive…
Posted: 25th March 2020
Dear Member FAO all members: We have seen the latest briefing which is insisting all catering, cleaning and facilities staff must report to work in Dundee and some schools in Angus. There is absolutely no need for all staff to be in schools and is potentially placing people at risk. We have continued to press…
Posted: 25th March 2020
Employers have a statutory duty to risk assess for COVID-19, as it is a ‘substance hazardous to health’, and to put in place a safe system of work.
We appreciate that Nicola Sturgeon’s announcement yesterday caused some confusion. We still do not regard grass cutting and gardening as essential work for the council during this…
Posted: 25th March 2020
A step in the right Direction! GMB has taken the lead in discussions with DCC and LACD Management about the position of Casual Workers during this national crisis. GMB has always been the main champion for casual or zero hours workers within Leisure and Culture Dundee. Calling out the injustice and discrimination many of our…
Posted: 24th March 2020
Dear Member We have been made aware that you were put in an unsafe position earlier at a burial. This must have been very stressful for you and your manager has a duty of care to ensure you are kept safe. You have been identified as key workers, and as key workers you must be…
Posted: 24th March 2020
Dear Member For those of who work in environment, and who have not yet been identified as key workers, our advice to you is to go home. This is particularly for gardeners. Ask for a risk assessment which must show that you are a key worker and what Dundee City Council is doing to mitigate…