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The Activist

Here’s our latest issue of The Activist - our weekly communication to all GMB representatives and branches across the region. 

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SHEFFIELD REFUSE COLLECTORS VOTE TO STRIKE OVER PAY AND CONDITIONS

More than 200,000 homes could be affected as refuse collectors fight for pay to keep pace with the cost of living, says GMB Union 

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ALMOST 150,000 SELF-FUNDING CARE HOME RESIDENTS PROPPING UP ‘BROKEN SYSTEM’, ONS FIGURES SHOW

Many families are being plunged into debt to generate bloated profits for shadowy private companies, says GMB Union 

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Fire and Rehire Rally: Woodhouse Moor, Leeds, 15th October, 12pm to 1pm

Join us for this very important event. There will be several GMB supported MP’s speaking at the event so it would great to have a good GMB presence. 

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GMB RESPONDS AS ASOS BOSS STEPS DOWN 

Under Mr Beighton’s tenure profits rocket while hard-pressed workers were denied toilet breaks, says GMB Union. 

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HATE CRIME AWARENESS WEEK: 9-16 OCTOBER 2021

GMB activist Ian Kemp from Parkgate Branch in Rotherham tells us why he will be backing Hate Crime Awareness Week.

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GMB MEMBERS VOTE TO REJECT THE NJC PAY OFFER

GMB members across Local Government, Councils and Schools have been having their say on pay and the results are in! Three quarters of GMB members balloted (75%) have voted to reject the pay offer.

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BLACK HISTORY MONTH

As we celebrate the start of Black History Month, we speak to GMB activist Hashim Equiano from Leeds; he tells us what Black History Month means to him.

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FOR GMB MEMBERS IN HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE COVID-19 & FLU VACCINATION SURVEY

The Government in England made it law that all workers in adult residential care homes had to be Covid-19 vaccinated as a requirement of their employment.

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NATIONAL INSURANCE TAX HIKE WILL SNATCH £120 MILLION FROM CARERS’ POCKETS, LABOUR CONFERENCE WILL HEAR

England’s 1.25 million care workers will stump up to the tune of almost £100 a piece, GMB analysis reveals 

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