To say school staff don't need protective equipment fails to understand the reality of their vital roles. You can't properly support pupils from a distance. And what about administering medication or first aid? The lack of support endangers lives 👇 https://www.gmb.org.uk/news/no-ppe-requirement-schools-endangers-lives
This is Jackie Bowin, a cook 👩🍳 who works at Hillside secure children's home for 12-17 yr olds. Jackie's one of the brave and selfless workers keeping our children fed 🍴 through this difficult time. She also supports other workers in need as a @GMBWSW shop steward. Hero ✊🧡
Our thoughts are with Boris Johnson and his family tonight. We wish him a speedy recovery. Our NHS staff are doing a heroic job in the toughest of circumstances - looking after him and so many others. Thank you.
This is so distressing. Porters are inundated with bodies, now wrapped in sheets as the mortuary is ‘overflowing’. GMB members on the frontline are traumatised. Operating without body bags & flimsy protective equipment puts them, and all of us, at risk. https://www.gmb.org.uk/news/traumatised-nhs-staff-use-sheets-after-body-bags-run-out
To our key workers: 🛌Care workers 🏥NHS staff 🚑 Ambulance staff 🏛Council staff 📚School staff 🧼Cleaners 🥙Supermarket workers 📦Delivery drivers 🔒Security workers 🏭Factory workers 💡Energy workers 🚰Utility workers ➕so many more in GMB We’ll get through this together 🌈
