GMB Strike Pay
Industrial Action 26-29 August and 7-10 September
GMB will be paying strike pay for industrial action taken as part of the COSLA dispute.
The strike pay will be up to £70 a day, the amount being pro-rata depending on how many hours you work.
You will be asked to fill in forms on the picket line to outline what days of action you have taken and the number of hours you should have worked that day.
Once these forms are completed, signed by your representatives and strike action is concluded we will collate forms and begin to process them. This will take around 21 days.
When you receive your pay slips that outline the deduction in wages that your employer has made for the industrial action taken, we will need to receive a copy, preferably a photo of this sent to us via email – GMBCoslaStrikePay@gmb.org.uk
Once this has been received, we will then proceed to process BACS payments to you. If we hold a valid email for you, we will send confirmation when the payment is made it then should take 3-5 days to reach your account.
GMB will endeavour to ensure this process is completed as quickly as possible to avoid any undue delay in getting strike payments to members. Please note that excessive queries regarding strike pay will slow down the processing of it.
You can assist us in this by making sure any paperwork is filled in quickly and clearly. It will also help us make payments as quickly as we can if we receive photos of your payslips as soon as they are available.
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(Congress 2021 agreed that membership rates would remain unchanged from those implemented from 1 Oct 2020.)
From 1 Oct 2020
Full time – Grade 1 = £14.57 per month
Part time – Grade 2 = £8.40 per month, GMB members working part-time for 20 hours or less and GMB members under 18 years. If you work in a school please check the current GMB rate with GMB Scotland 0141 332 8641.
Sick and unemployed members = 5p per week.
Retired life members = If a GMB member retires on or after 1 July 2015, they can apply for free retired life membership within three months of no longer paying contributions in line with rules 45 or 46. To qualify, they have to be permanently retired from paid work, be members for at least 5 years and apply in writing to become retired life members of the union.
Apprentices = £2 per month
Non-working Students = £1 per month, Students who are in employment will continue to pay the rate applicable to their employment and hours of work.
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Posted: 24th August 2022