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Martha’s Mammies Donation

Posted: 5th April 2023

Please click on the below link to access a thank you letter from Martha’s Mammies.  GMB@SAS recently provided a donation to this Glasgow based volunteer service which provides support to Women who have had children taken into care.  They have an emphasis on keeping women safe and stable with a focus on repair and reparative…

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Golf in Society Donation

Posted: 5th April 2023

Pictured are Maggie McKay, Coordinator of Golf in Society across Scotland and Donnie Montgomery, one of their volunteers.  GMB@SAS have just donated £200.00 to this amazing charity who help support golfers with dementia and other age related challenges.  They also provide support to their unpaid carers, by enabling them to get a break from their…

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GMB Scotland NHS Pay Ballot Result

Posted: 16th March 2023

Dear GMB MemberGMB Scotland NHS Pay Ballot ResultFollowing the close of our consultative ballot on the NHS Pay Offer for 2023/24 and after meetings with your workplace representatives this morning (Thursday 16 March) we can confirm the following result:

  • Accept 59.7 per cent
  • Reject 40.3 per…

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NHS Scotland Pay Dispute Latest

Posted: 14th January 2023

GMB agrees to accelerated negotiations on 2023-24 NHS Scotland pay in bid to resolve dispute

Following meetings held yesterday between GMB, RCN, RCM, and the Scottish Government, which produced new proposals aimed at ending the long-running pay dispute affecting Agenda for Change (AfC) staff in NHS Scotland and the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS), GMB…

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Christmas message

Posted: 24th December 2022

Dear member,

On behalf of the Branch Committee of GMB@SAS, I would like to wish you all a happy and safe Christmas period.

This has been another difficult year and we have faced many challenges.  From the Pandemic, to Demand and Capacity and now the ongoing dispute over pay, it has not been a straightforward…

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NHS Scotland Pay Imposition

Posted: 24th December 2022

Dear GMB member,

GMB Scotland in NHS and SAS: Pay Imposition

GMB alongside our sister unions met with Scottish Government this morning.

At this meeting we were informed that Scottish Government intend to impose the pay offer you have already rejected.

Although this was met with approval from those unions who have narrowly accepted, we…

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GMB Scottish Ambulance Service Industrial Action Result

Posted: 1st November 2022

Dear member

GMB’s strike ballot across the Scottish Ambulance Service closed yesterday, Monday 31st October 2022.  Thank you to all our members who participated in the ballot.

Following receipt of the scrutineers report this morning, GMB can confirm that a statutory mandate for strike action has been secured by members within the Scottish Ambulance Service. …

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NHS Pay Ballot

Posted: 6th October 2022

The 5% offer tabled by the Scottish Government is not enough. In the grip of the biggest cost of living crisis for forty years, it’s not fair and it’s not acceptable.  VOTE YES FOR STRIKE ACTION.

Let’s make work better.

VOTE YES and return your ballot paper immediately freepost. It is important that everyone who can…

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