WB&D TUC Secretary’s Report for JULY 2024
GMB G4S security staff on strike pickets 8:30-10:30am outside Molineux House Job Centre in a national pay dispute GMB Job Centre security staff strike
Further strike action planned by GMB for full weeks of strikes:
- Monday 15th July to midnight Sunday 21st July
- Monday 29th July to midnight Sunday 4th August
- last action was held Monday 1st July to 7th July
new date for: TUC Chainmakers’ festival 2024 is Sunday 15 September from 11am; we have a stall booked
TUC petition for GMB Amazon workers: https://www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/stand-with-amazon-workers The ballot for recognition at the Amazon distribution centre in Coventry will start July 8ththrough to July 13th. Midlands unions are helping the GMB with phone banking – contact your union to help.
HMRC is missing at least £40 billion in unpaid tax – the ‘tax gap’ – the difference between the amount of tax owed and what the government collects.
This tax gap increased in real terms from £36 billion in 2021-22. It’s also an under-estimate as it doesn’t include money that wealthy companies shift offshore.
£40 billion is enough to cover government spending on the police, or nearly half the money spent on schools.
Yet the Tories have continued to cut civil service workers’ jobs and and attack their unions.
Congratulations to Warinder Juss and Sureena Brackenridge on their election along with Pat McFadden, as Labour MPs for Wolverhampton. Lee Barron Midlands TUC secretary was also elected Labour MP in Corby.
2024 affiliations to Wolverhampton TUC: ASLEF, CWU, FBU, Musicians Union, NEU, RMT, UCU University, UNISON City of Wolverhampton, UNISON Staffordshire, UNISON Sandwell, UNITE WM/6150, UNITE WM515 Community, UNITE WM5203, UNITE LE/372, UNITE WM/7132 (Buses)