News and views about the world of work from @GMB_Union's research and policy team
Joined October 2019
- Tweets356
- Following379
- Followers751
- Likes34
GMB Research & Policy retweeted
A study has found hospitals that are privatised typically deliver worse quality care after converting from public ownership.
Researchers analysed 13 long-term studies from different high-income countries such as England, Germany, South Korea and the USA.
Find out more ⬇️
GMB Research & Policy retweeted
There is a plan to make steel work in the UK. One without compulsory redundancies.
It has multi union backing and would guarantee the future of this vital industry.
The government must show they’re behind UK steel 🏭
gmb.org.uk/news/gmb-and-comm…
GMB Research & Policy retweeted
Important project with @LancasterUni on disabled worker experiences of work, especially remote and hybrid working.
Our worker survey is live for a few more months - please help us share it @WorkVoicePay
@Autonomy_UK @NEF @WomensBudgetGrp @unison_NCA @EquityUK @ResearchGMB
Today we are launching our first stage of research for this study, in the form of a nationwide survey exploring disabled workers' experiences of remote and/or hybrid working. The survey is open to all those with experiences of either, and can be found at: lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.co…
GMB Research & Policy retweeted
Labour will deliver:
👩🏭 A right for unions to access + organise workplaces
🧑⚕️ National pay negotiating to raise carers pay
💷 Disability + ethnicity pay gap reporting
That's why we backed the NPF report 👏
#Lab23 @bplantgmb
GMB Research & Policy retweeted
GMB Submission into the Department of Health & Social Care Review of the NHS Pay Review Body Process
- Noticeboard | from @GMB_Union gmb.org.uk/network/public-se… @GMBNHS @ResearchGMB
GMB Research & Policy retweeted
Got Congress FOMO?
You can catch all the action here on the livestream - starting from 0930
#GMB23
youtube.com/live/aEPLQQybcJM…
GMB Research & Policy retweeted
A huge #ThankYou to @ResearchGMB for their training sessions throughout today. Regional Organisers gained invaluable knowledge and understanding to support our members throughout 2023 and beyond! ✊ #educational 🎓👩🏫#learning 💡#research 🔎 #development 📈 #data 📊 @PaulMaccaGMB
GMB Research & Policy retweeted
Real terms NHS pay has been cut 17% since 2010.
@SteveBarclay needs to do his job - and talk about pay.
Ambulance workers deserve better 🚑
GMB Research & Policy retweeted
📕NEW REPORT: UK-India trade negotiations: why both countries must put development first
Read why it is important to put #HumanRights and #SDGs at the heart of trade negotiations.
#UKIndiaFTA #InclusiveTrade
👉tinyurl.com/yj9e9s6m
ALT Front cover of report "UK-India trade negotiations: why both countries must put development first"
GMB Research & Policy retweeted
From our new report - the living standards crisis will stretch well beyond this winter into next year. Real earnings are forecast to continue falling until at least mid-2023, by which time all real pay growth since 2003 will have been wiped out
GMB Research & Policy retweeted
.@GMB_union is calling on the Low Pay Commission to recommend a National Minimum Wage of £15 an hour. Here’s a🧵on why a #fightfor15 is needed:
GMB Research & Policy retweeted
"Simon Wren-Lewis, a professor at Oxford university, argued in a blog that because public sector pay rises did not directly feed consumer prices, “in that very simple sense you just cannot get a public sector wage-price spiral”."
ft.com/content/ec0beaef-47ec…
GMB Research & Policy retweeted
NEW: During the pandemic the median CEO/median worker pay ratio at FTSE companies dropped from 53:1 to 44:1.
But our analysis suggests that ratios are now increasing to new highs.
A cost of living crisis is not the time to return to "business as usual"
bbc.co.uk/news/business-6154…
GMB Research & Policy retweeted
For all the talk about labour shortages driving up low pay, earnings inequality is *up* since 2019.
The top 1% have seen larger pay rises than the rest of the distribution - in stark contrast to earlier years, when the lowest-paid saw the biggest increases. 🧵👇
GMB Research & Policy retweeted
Sir David Norgrove has today written to the Prime Minister @10DowningStreet in regards to a statement on employment statistics. uksa.statisticsauthority.gov…
ALT A picture of the letter from Sir David Norgrove to Boris Johnson. An accessible version is linked to in the body of the tweet.
GMB Research & Policy retweeted
Exploitative bosses are misusing technology and harming workers. The answer is strong unions and better regulation.
Important new report from the all party group on the future of work - @FutureWorkInst👇
theguardian.com/technology/2…
GMB Research & Policy retweeted
Equality in the workplace
Union reps - what equality issues have you been facing at work before and during the pandemic?
Take part in the online survey on this topic that LRD is running on behalf of the TUC .
@The_TUC #unionrep
click to complete
bit.ly/3vXSsRb
GMB Research & Policy retweeted
Social care workers are more likely to report poor mental health than other workers.
And guess what? Inadequate sick pay is a mental health issue too.
Full data on the @ResearchGMB blog 📈🧮
gmb.org.uk/long-read/mental-…
GMB Research & Policy retweeted
.@BWallaceMP has announced today that the UK National Shipbuilding Strategy will be refreshed and broadened to go beyond hulls and include complete supply chain.
All government owned vessels (over 150 tonnes) will be subject of a 30-year procurement plan
GMB Research & Policy retweeted
🚨 Today from 10:30am we're examining the impact of Covid-19 on the labour market & issues affecting workers’ rights.
We're talking to @centricaplc, @GMB_union, @The_TUC, @resfoundation, @TheIFS & @RSAMatthew
📺 from 10:30 am: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Inde…
📰committees.parliament.uk/com…