Branch News
23,500 police staff jobs lost under the Tories, says GMB
Posted: 5th December 2019
23,500 police staff jobs have been lost in England and Wales since 2010, GMB figures reveal.
The figures include more than 7,000 cuts to Police Community Support Officer roles (PCSOs). In one police force, Norfolk, PCSO numbers have fallen by 100% after the Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner cut all posts.
The most affected region…
GMB Public Services Section Conference 19th & 20th November 2019
Posted: 25th November 2019
GMB has members across all sectors of Public Services in every GMB Region.
‘Public Services are a vital part of what holds British society together. After 8 years of sustained cuts to funding, chaotic reorganisations, outsourcing and privatisation, our public services are close to breaking point……’ By Rehana Azam, GMB National Secretary, Public Services.
The…
Go Public Campaign
Posted: 14th May 2019
At the last meeting of the GMB National Police staff committee, we were introduced to the latest GMB campaign for public sector workers.
This is a campaign to raise the profile of all public sector workers and put our case forward for better pay and conditions, after a decade of austerity and cuts to public…
Protective Clothing Body armour
Posted: 13th May 2019
The GMB have for the last three years been negotiating with Chief Officer Team for the issue of covert protective vests to staff working as Imaging Unit staff and Crime Scene Investigators in the Regional Scientific Support Services, Calder Park. With the increase in violent crime and in particular knife crime the safety of our…
Carm Personal details
Posted: 13th May 2019
After many complaints were received from members about the imposition of having to put personal details on CARM, such as home numbers, addresses etc and the fact this was a breach of individual rights, the GMB challenged the Force in respect of the rationale behind such a move. After much debate the Force agreed that…
Integrity Health Check
Posted: 13th May 2019
The GMB have been made aware that the PDR process is being used to carry out ‘integrity checks’ by the imposition of a series of questions designed we are told by our ow HR Department. As a result of complaints from members the GMB challenged the Force in respect of their ethical rights to leap…
The work reps perform
Posted: 13th May 2019
‘THE WORK OF YOUR GMB REPS’
The GMB need more reps to carry out work in support of its members in West Yorkshire Police. Not only do we currently represent members in a whole host of meetings, discipline, equalities issues, maternity, performance etc, but we also sit on numerous Force level boards helping to shape…
Launch of Branch emails
Posted: 16th June 2017
Recent case law confirmed that any emails using an employer’s email address, documents or data held on an employer’s computer is the property of the employer and as such they are allowed to view , use or delete messages or data held by their employees.
There is a force policy on Lawful Business Monitoring which…