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Peter Roberts

@peterjroberts.bsky.social

GMB London Political Officer. Also GMB Officer for Labour Party Staff, Commons’/Lords’ Staff and LBBD Branches

178 Followers  |  128 Following  |  5 Posts  |  Joined: 14.11.2024  |  1.4432

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Parliamentary staff of colour earn £2,000 less than white colleagues, study suggests Exclusive: Report by GMB union also finds pay disparity for women and disabled, trans, non-binary and gay staffers A race and gender pay gap among parliamentary staff means people of colour earn on average £2,000 less each year than their white counterparts, research seen by the Guardian suggests. A study due to be released this week will say that parliamentary employees who have a range of protected characteristics under equality legislation are more likely to suffer disparities in pay. Continue reading...

Parliamentary staff of colour earn £2,000 less than white colleagues, study suggests

12.10.2025 07:10 — 👍 100    🔁 50    💬 8    📌 6
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Keir Starmer vows to power past nimbys and build nuclear stations

Sir Keir Starmer has said that he will “push past the nimbyism” to ensure that a new generation of mini nuclear power stations are built ⬇️

05.02.2025 23:02 — 👍 26    🔁 4    💬 3    📌 3
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Brits regret Brexit: majority now say UK was wrong to leave the EU More than half of voters support rejoining the EU, according to a new YouGov poll

More than half of voters now say Britain was wrong to leave the UK

01.02.2025 19:43 — 👍 49    🔁 17    💬 3    📌 0
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A celebratory drink after arriving in Lithuania, the fourth stop; 🇪🇪🇫🇮🇱🇻🇱🇹

04.12.2024 19:37 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Tallinn this evening.

29.11.2024 23:41 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Download your digital GMB membership card today!
#MembersFirst

22.11.2024 12:56 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Finished drafting a recognition agreement, a good way to spend a late Friday evening 💪⚫️🟠

23.11.2024 00:20 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Follow our regional Political Team for the latest information and events 👇

@gmbpoliticsldn.bsky.social

21.11.2024 10:30 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Thank you to Senator Paul Strauss, our guest speaker at the
@GMBLondonRegion Branch Political Officers’ meeting.. As a former union organiser it was good to hear Paul’s views on the US election campaign and result. Loads of great questions from members.

20.11.2024 10:42 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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Staff at Unite the Union to strike over 'bullying and victimisation' Unite’s failure to act over bullying and victimisation allegations is ‘unacceptable’ and GMB members have ‘quite simply had enough’.

Staff at Unite the Union to strike over Bullying and Victimisation www.gmblondon.org.uk/news/staff-a...

18.11.2024 15:43 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Assisted Dying Bill: How Labour cabinet members intend to vote A full breakdown of what we know about cabinet members' views so far

This is how Labour cabinet members are planning to vote on the #AssistedDyingBill

15.11.2024 14:57 — 👍 0    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Nice lunch today with @jowusunepaul.bsky.social and my colleague Dan, who today has setup our @gmbpoliticsldn.bsky.social account. Follow both if you don’t already 👍

15.11.2024 21:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Greetings.

14.11.2024 21:54 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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