#gmb-union

#gmb-union

Our River Thames weir and lock keepers are passionate, dedicated workers. They live and work with river users and don't want to go on strike. But there are only 52 staff doing the work of 90 - it's just not safe.

Amazon is one of the globe's wealthiest corporations, taking revenge against their own workers for daring to stand up for better pay and safer conditions, Gearing said.

Helen O'Connor, GMB Membership Development Officer stated: "Our members provide vital services to the patients in both NHS trusts and they are sick and tired of the bullying and harassment, having pay held down and staffing cutbacks." She termed the treatment of outsourced staff as profoundly unfair, calling the discrepancies in pay and benefits between outsourced and directly employed NHS staff into question.

Daren Parmenter stated that it's unacceptable for City Airport baggage handlers to be paid less than their colleagues at Gatwick, despite doing the same work.