News from GMB Yorkshire and North Derbyshire
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GMB Concern At Impact Of £2 Million Overspend At Barnsley Hospital 9 Mar 2010
GMB today issued a statement on the news that there has been spending above budget on the theatres and surgical department at Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. GMB represents general nursing staff, recovery nurses, operating department practitioners, health care assistants and ancillary staff at the Trust.
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British Gas - Why You Should Vote ‘YES’ to Indistrial Action 9 Mar 2010
GMB is now balloting British Gas members for industrial action. The ballot comes after requests from the members for action. Members know only too well that there has been a hardening of management’s approach. The company has set out an aggressive agenda on flexible working and performance management. Many members are experiencing this first hand. Those who are not yet affected should be under no illusions that if we do not stand up to the company they could be affected in the future.
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Council Fined After Road Worker Dies 6 Mar 2010
Rotherham Council has been fined £75,000 after an employee was killed by a reversing truck. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) also prosecuted contractor Brocklebank & Company (Demolition) Limited over the incident during a council road surfacing operation. Gordon Duffield, a council employee, was knocked down by an eight-wheeled Brocklebank tipper wagon as it delivered asphalt on 4 May 2007. Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council was fined £75,000 and £18,350 costs after pleading guilty at Doncaster Crown Court to a breach of safety law. Brocklebank & Company (Demolition) Limited was fined £30,000 and £12,000 costs.
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GMB Launch Safeguard Campaign To Tackle Attacks On Security Staff At Work 5 Mar 2010
A brand new GMB Website http://www.GMB-Security.org.uk has been launched where security guards can log details of attacks they have suffered at work. In the past 2 years 1,550 security staff working for just 35 companies out of 600+ companies have been injured on duty by violent attacks - some very seriously. GMB, the main union for security staff has launch a new SafeGuard campaign to tackle the increasing number of attacks on security guards at work.