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GMB@DCC

Posted: 12th March 2020

Dear member We have written to Dundee City Council to ask what guidelines and training are being given to members who come in to contact with members of the public who are told to self isolate or are diagnosed with the Coronavirus. Also what planning is being made if staffing levels become affected and how…

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GMB@DCC- FAO – enviroment/land/construction

Posted: 12th March 2020

Dear member We have written to Dundee City Council to ask what guidelines and training are being given to members who come in to contact with members of the public who are told to self isolate or are diagnosed with the Coronavirus. Also what planning is being made if staffing levels become affected and how…

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GMB@FOA DCC Housing staff

Posted: 12th March 2020

Dear member, We have written to Dundee City Council to ask what guidelines and training are being given to housing staff who come in to contact with members of the public who are told to self isolate or are diagnosed with the Coronavirus. From our observations, it seems very little has been done other than to…

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GMB@Taysidecontacts

Posted: 12th March 2020

Dear Member We have written to Tayside Contracts to ask what will happen if you are advised to self isolate over the coronavirus. We have had assurances that if you are advised to self isolate, you will be paid in full and that this will not be recorded as sickness absence. What isn’t clear is…

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GMB@DCC Care

Posted: 12th March 2020

Dear Member Please find link below to a formal letter on your behalf. As your Union, the GMB, we are deeply concerned there is no evidence that any formal training or additional resource has been provided to you in relation to the coronavirus. Dundee City Council must do better to protect both you, our members,…

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GMB@ Support Staff Members

Posted: 12th March 2020

Dear member

We have written to Dundee City Council to ask what guidelines and training are being given to school support staff who come in to contact with children and families who are told to self isolate or are diagnosed with the Coronavirus.

From our observations, it seems very little has been done other than to…

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GMB@TC Catering

Posted: 12th March 2020

GMB@TC Kitchen Members

You are entitled to have a Trade Union (TU) rep at every meeting.

If you would like a TU rep at your meeting, then please let the manager who is in attendance know and they will be required to schedule a further meeting with us there.

Please don’t hesitate to contact your…

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GMB@TC SCP

Posted: 6th March 2020

GMB Tayside Contracts Members in Dundee

Yesterday, Steph Smith raised the proposals to cut school crossing patrols from some schools at the Dundee City Council Budget meeting. She described how this would impact on our members, but also what this could mean for our kids. Safety should always come first.

The council have thankfully seen…

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GMB@SSSC Fees

Posted: 6th March 2020

GMB DCC Members who pay SSSC Fees

Your union raised the issue of the continuing sex discrimination in Dundee City Council at the budget meeting yesterday in particular in relation to the fact that you are required to pay for your SSSC fees.

We want to see Dundee City Council paying for these fees for…

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