Today Derbyshire County Council formally U-Turn on their decision to close 7 care homes and put hundreds of jobs at risk. Our campaigners were out with a simple (but socially distanced) message for them ⬇️ Get the GMB on your side today. ➡️ http://www.gmb.org.uk/join-gmb

GMB 🧡 Key Workers! GMB Midland & East Coast Regional Secretary Martin Allen, along with some of our staff team, unveiled our new banner today at our Regional HQ. GMB will always be here for our members, and this is a little thank you to show our gratitude and appreciation!

Have a read ⬇️ Glossop Chronicle on the win for Derbyshire care workers. https://www.questmedianetwork.co.uk/news/glossop-chronicle/council-reverses-decision-to-close-care-homes/?fbclid=IwAR1q7YM5T3dEZZitPwt3Cmuiwq74sAMvN5JVAW4VgQfOyPgLBxjtftm5ZFo

BREAKING: GMB win. Save Derbyshire's Care Homes Update 🧡 In the face of the GMBs campaign and public pressure, Derbyshire Conservatives, who run Derbyshire County Cojncil, have today announced a U-Turn of plans to close 7 care homes. 1/4

This is a really anxious time for school staff in the Midland & East Coast region. Our updated advice and FAQs ⬇️ http://www.gmb.org.uk/coronavirus/covid-19-staying-safe-while-working-schools?fbclid=IwAR1KPergHxvmeLljcnUNn86iA2DSMs5mzb3vDsyRUCKWLeh_ffcMJ6DeHXU

We 🧡 this ⬇️ Thank you to Alison & The Terrace Coffee Lounge for showing your appreciation for our fantastic GMB Nottingham refuse workers! Alison said: "I just wanted to show my support for all their hard work so I asked the GMB to match fund a small token of appreciation".

Can you believe this? 😡 The rest of the country knows our care workers are heroes on the front line of this crisis. Leicestershire County Care Ltd on the other hand have threatened to cut pay, terms and conditions for their care workers! http://www.gmb.org.uk/news/covid-19-heroes-threatened-sack

Our statement on the ongoing situation at Rolls Royce ⬇️ "Rolls Royce needs to act responsibly and put the future of the company and its workers first". http://www.gmb.org.uk/news/gmb-midland-east-coast-region-calls-rolls-royce-act-responsibly

Did you catch our live Q&A for school staff last night? 🏫 We've put together some FAQs for GMB members worried about school re-opening. Take a look ⬇️ http://www.gmb.org.uk/coronavirus/covid-19-and-schools-faqs

Back to school? We’re live over on Facebook taking questions from members in schools! 🏫 Join us ⬇️ http://www.facebook.com/gmbmidland/

Work in a school? Questions & worries about school re-opening? Remember to join us LIVE tonight at 5.30PM taking questions from members in schools, over on GMB Midland & East Coast Facebook.