the council says that they are trying, the gmb , they are very trying, the gmb, they are very energeticrepresent their members . it won't have their members. it won't have gone down well that they took the action around sats because they think that. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> did think that that's a terrible that's the that's the that's the issue here. >> then you're punishing the kids, right. >> you're punishing the kids. well, the kids are suffering and the parents is as you will find out in the future. >> michelle. i can't remember how old sean's kids are, but sats is a time of a lot of stress, so that that's the challenge here, and i'm hoping that that will be, you know , that that will be, you know, this won't be happening again because, you know, it doesn't help pupils and their parents, but the union, they need to get this rectified. >> let's listen to someone from the gmb union then seen as again, you teed up, you're like my left hand man. >> you know, told me to do it. >> you know, told me to do it. >> you know, told me to do it. >> you like my foil, i love it. come on then, let's ha

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earlier on, i spoke to ray wilson from the gmb.ad of industrial relations . industrial relations. >> women in birmingham city council have been fighting for equal pay for decades, and they are owed thousands , thousands, are owed thousands, thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of pounds of stolen wages . and pounds of stolen wages. and they're out because they've had enough. it's time for the council to take this seriously and pay back those stolen wages. some of these workers lodged their last wave of equal pay claims back in 2021. so this is not overnight. this campaign has been building for now years . and been building for now years. and it's not just the campaign that's been building, it's the liabilities that the council owes that's been building. and that's why the figures are now in excess of £100 million that are owed. and so it's a big step for any worker to go out on strike. but ultimately this is about pay justice. and the women know the value of their work. and they're willing to fight for it . it. >> well, of cours

but the gmb union quite simply say that this is now taking too long.r members to see if they had enough support to walk out over the fact that this settlement hasn't yet already been made. and today, 1500 workers from 35 schools across the city do just that. and it is simply it's not teachers, it's nothing. it's simply teaching assistants. it's council staff within schools . it's maintenance within schools. it's maintenance staff. it's the cleaners. it's the people that aren't, you know, on the best necessarily wages, the highest wages within those schools that they say they've been mistreated. and of course not, not paid fairly in comparison to other male dominated jobs that the council employs, such as bin men. that's been one of the biggest examples, of course, since all these claims started, quite simply, the gmb say they have had enough, but the council do say. and the council spokesperson said that the council has been engaging with the gmb on the matters of equal pay the gmb on the matters of equal pay since november 2021, and that they made an

there have broken down community, the gmb and unite say there's disregard for the impact of proposedes on staff and local communities. it comes as the steel giant wants to switch to a greener way of working, resulting in the potential loss of 2800 jobs. those are the headunes of 2800 jobs. those are the headlines from the newsroom. i'll be back at 9:00 with another update. until then, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the code on your screen, or go to gbnews.com slash alerts. now though, it's back to . mark. back to. mark. >> well, a busy morning for mrs. starmer, the leader of the opposition's wife, who hit john lewis early to measure up red curtains for number 10. yes, labour has won control of a string of councils across england and wales. string of councils across england and wales . among the key england and wales. among the key council gains, labour took rushmoor in hampshire, which is bluer than a roy chubby brown stand up routine, and a council which the tories have run since mick jagger was a virgin . the mick jagger was a virgin. the real headache for rishi suna

the gmb and unite say there's disregard for the impact there's disregard for the impact the proposedand local communities. it comes as the steel giant wants to switch to a greener way of working that could result in the loss of 2800 jobs. that's the loss of 2800 jobs. that's the latest from the newsroom. for more, you can sign up to gb news alerts, scan the qr code there on your screen, or go to gb news. com slash alerts. now though, it's back to . patrick. though, it's back to. patrick. >> this country is under attack from a load of great unwashed yobbos yesterday, a load of militant activists blocked a bus taking illegal immigrants from a taxpayer funded hotel to the bibby stockholm. they included this guy news. >> oh, gb news off. gb news off. gb news off. gb news. >> so i've had a little look into it and i thought i recognised him from somewhere. he's been at more than a few events recently. we can see him waving a trans flag at another rally , and there's pictures as rally, and there's pictures as well with jewish socialist workers that have emerged. he also helped the bloke who