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| Save our Hospitals |
 DEMOSTRATION ON SATURDAY 18th MAY ~ Assemble at Jubilee Gardens, Waterloo Click here for information Click here for poster |
| GMB Protest On Thursday 16 May At London Ceremony As Blacklister Carillion Is Shortlisted For A Sustainable Business Award |
| If the Guardian Sustainable Business Awards had a category that rewards hypocrisy Carillion would be on for a clean sweep of the prizes as the dispute at Swindon is unresolved and there is no settlement on blacklisting |
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| New Government Regulations Following Southern Cross Collapse Must Ensure Care Companies Cash As AA Seeks To Raise £3.1 Billion In Long Term Debts |
| 16 May 2013 Councils should not have contracts with companies where there is a risk of "Son of Southern Cross" from long term debts backed by no assets but by cash meant for care of the elderly says GMB. |
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| Redbridge Labour Women Present |
 Redbridge Labour Women Present Sunday May 12th 9am-5pm Holiday Inn, Newbury Park, Ilford, IG2 7RH On the agenda: Joined by: Stella Creasy MP, Diane Abbott MP Seema Malhotra MP, Fiona Millar and women from across the trade union movement |
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| GMB Welcomes Bids For The Norwich Remploy Factory That Will Keep Disabled Workers At Work |
| 1 May 2013 GMB will not tolerate any watering down of the commitment to keeping disabled workers at Norwich during the course of the tendering procedure. |
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| GMB Warn Parents And Teachers Of Asbestos In Heaters In Schools |
| 29 April 2013 Everyone with children at school and those who work in our schools must get their heaters checked by an authorised, qualified asbestos surveyor. |
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| Government to kill off workers' safety laws |
| 29 April 2013 On Friday 26th April just two days before International Worker's Memorial day the government announced that it's to review the future of the Health and Safety |
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| GMB To Consult Members At Circle Anglia In Bishop's Stortford Over Unfair Dismissal Of GMB Shop Steward And Cuts To Terms And Conditions Of Employment |
| 26 April 2013 The allegations against the GMB Shop Steward are vigorously refuted and defended by GMB at the disciplinary process which reeked of double standards |
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| GMB Join With Waltham Forest TUC To Remember Workers Killed At Work On Workers Memorial Day To Remember The Dead And Fight For The Living |
| 26 April 2013 1,500 to 1,600 people are killed at work and 20,000 to 50,000 people die each year in Britain from work-related diseases - about 5,000 from asbestos diseases alone says GMB. |
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| GMB To Consult Members In Local Government In England, Wales And Northern Ireland Over New Pay Offer For 2013 |
| 24 April 2013 There is likely to be relief that we have broken the 3 year pay freeze but disappointment that there is only 1% on the table so we will see whether that's enough to satisfy our members says GMB |
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| GMB Welcome BIS Conclusion That Pubcos Will Overcharge For Rent Unless Prevented By New Draft Statutory Code |
| 22 April 2013 The test for tied tenants is whether this code is drafted in such a way that it will bring down rents to the same level as free of tie pubs says GMB. |
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| GMB Heathrow Drivers To Take Industrial Action In Pay Dispute As Real Value Of Earnings Fall By 12% Over The Last Seven Years |
| 17 April 2013 This action has the potential to severely disrupt travellers' trips to and from Heathrow and other major London and south east destinations from that date says GMB. |
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| GMB WELCOME INTERIM PARLIAMENTARY REPORT ON BLACKLISTING AND CALL ON EMPLOYERS TO APOLOGISE AND COMPENSATE WORKERS DAMAGED |
| 16 April 2013 In the plain light of day major construction companies shown as engaged in shifty, unethical, dishonest practices for which they seem totally unable to apologise and take responsibility says GMB. |
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| Dwellings In Battersea On Site Of Ex Council Houses Now On Sale For Over 100 Times Price They Were Sold For By Mrs Thatcher's Favourite Council |
| 15 April 2013 Dwellings In Battersea On Site Of Ex Council Houses Now On Sale For Over 100 Times Price They Were Sold For By Mrs Thatcher's Favourite Council |
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| GMB WELCOMES 12 PER HOUR INCREASE IN NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE FROM 1ST OCTOBER 2013 AS "VITAL PAY RISE" |
| 15 April 2013 However the rise is well below inflation so the living standards of the people at the bottom end of the scale will fall delaying economic recovery says GMB. |
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| GMB LOOK TO KIER TO IMPLEMENT ASSURANCES THAT PROBLEMS FOR RESIDENTS ON NEW WEST NORFOLK SERVICE WILL BE RAPIDLY SORTED OUT |
| 12 April 2013 The new refuse rounds for the refuse service within West Norfolk were badly designed and it was that which gave rise to problems that the residents experienced says GMB |
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| GMB Members Begin 6 Weeks Continuous Strike Action On Monday 8th April At Hanson Brick In Peterborough Over Cut In Number Of Days Holiday. |
| 5 April 2013 Using untrained workers, in place of the strikers, means they would not recognize if something is going wrong which could have disastrous consequences for the plant, the environment and the local community says GMB |
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| NEARLY 80% OF RETAILER NEXT VACANCIES ARE 12 HOURS OR UNDER PER WEEK AND 94% LESS THAN £144 PER WEEK THRESHOLD FOR EMPLOYERS TO PAY NATIONAL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS |
| 4 April 2013 Minister who says“Tories are best placed to tackle low pay” should speak to Tory Peer Lord Wolfson to see how he is tackling low pay at NEXT where he is offering jobs people cannot live on says GMB |
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| ENVIRONMENT AGENCY PROPOSED 2 HOUR RESPONSE TARGET FOR THAMES LOCKS AND WEIRS WILL INCREASE RISK OF FLOODING AND ENDANGER LIVES SAYS GMB |
| 19 March 2013 The costs and risks associated with replacing residential keepers with inexperienced agency workers have not been properly considered and will lead to a worse and more costly service says GMB |
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| GMB MEMBERS FROM ISLINGTON & HARINGEY SPEAK UP & MARCH TO DEFEND THE WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL IN ARCHWAY, NORTH LONDON |
| 15 March 2013 Many of my GMB branch members are very worried about the plans to close the Accident and Emergency Service, maternity beds and elderly care beds, as they have depended on them for their lives. |
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| INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY PROTESTS ON MARCH 8TH AT EALING HOSPITAL OVER CLOSURE OF NORTH WEST LONDON MATERNITY UNITS AND IMPACT OF CUTS ON SERVICES |
| 28 February 2013 Women are determined to stop the closure to maternity units in North West London and the attacks by the government on women's services in general says GMB |
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| 20 SOCIAL CARE STAFF IN BARNET FACE CUTS IN PAY AND JOBS AND NEW WORK ROSTERS AS OUTSOURCED SERVICE PAYS PRICE FOR BAD POLICY |
| 6 March 2013 An undermining of the value of the service they provide will not only impact on their terms and conditions but on the quality of service they provide says GMB |
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| MILLIONAIRE ELITE OWN LARGE NUMBER OF THE 40% EX COUNCIL DWELLINGS IN WANDSWORTH THAT ARE NOW OWNED BY PRIVATE LANDLORDS GMB INVESTIGATION SHOWS |
| 6 March 2013 While ordinary London families are unable to find council house to rent rich farmers are scooping them up by the tractor load as Thatcher's "right to buy" turns into rich harvest for greedy farmers and elite says GMB |
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| GMB CALLS INDEFINITE STRIKE AGAINST BRENT COUNCIL IN DISPUTE OVER JOB LOSSES IN HIGHWAY CONTRACT OUTSOURCING |
| 6 March 2013 Brent has contempt for staff as it transfers them to non-existent jobs from which they will be made redundant and receiving terms well below those currently offered by the council |
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| Save our Hospital - 27th April - Join Us |
| 3 March 2013 Stop the Closures - Join us - Assemble at Southall Park or Acton Park to March to the rally at Ealing Common for 11am on the 27th April 2013 |
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| GMB WELCOME EDUCATION SELECT COMMITTEE CALL FOR EVIDENCE ON ASBESTOS IN SCHOOLS AS 75% OF BUILDINGS GIVE RISE TO RISK FOR STAFF AND CHILDREN |
| 28 February 2013 As more schools leave local authorities to become academies or free schools there is a very real danger that the little knowledge over asbestos within school buildings will be lost says GMB |
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| GMB SAY CARILLION'S DEFENCE OF BLACKLISTING IS "PATHETIC" AS COURT ORDERS APPEAL FOR ESSEX ENGINEER BLACKLISTED BY CARILLION |
| 28 February 2013 The High Court will decide if their "Lance Armstrong defence" that they were not as bad as some of the other construction employers will provide Carillion with effective legal protection says GMB |
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| GMB AGAINST CUTS TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR STAFF IN THE NHS AT VOTE IN LONDON TO ACCEPT THE CHANGES |
| 28 February 2013 NHS is exposed to the market and Section 75 of the Health & Social Care Act and cuts to terms and conditions of NHS Staff pose real threats to destroying a National Health Service says GMB |
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| ELECTRICIANS TOP TRADE ON CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY BLACKLIST AS GMB SHOWS BREAKDOWN BY OCCUPATION |
| 28 February 2013 Carillion in court in London today (26th February) for blacklisting Essex construction worker who seeks remedy for harm he suffered at their hands |
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| GMB WELCOME CREATION OF 1,000 NEW GREEN JOBS AT BRITISH GAS TO HELP CUT ENERGY BILLS |
| 28 February 2013 Local authorities have been slow to tap into this money at a time they are cash strapped and by tapping into ECO funding jobs can be created whilst customer's bills are cut says GMB |
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| GMB TO CONSULT MEMBERS ON NEW OFFER FOR 1.5 MILLION COUNCIL WORKERS IN ENGLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND |
| 28 February 2013 Over the next few weeks we will start the process of consulting our members to find out if they want to accept one of the two options or reject them both says GMB |
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| CARILLION IN COURT IN LONDON ON TUES 26TH FEBRUARY FOR BLACKLISTING CONSTRUCTION WORKER WHO SEEKS REMEDY FOR HARM HE SUFFERED |
| 28 February 2013 I have not had an apology or one penny compensation from Carillion who kept me out of work costing me and my family hundreds of thousands in lost wages and I want justice from the courts says Dave Smith |
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| GMB NHS MEMBERS VOTE TO REJECT PROPOSALS TO CUT TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT FOR NHS WORKERS IN ENGLAND |
| 28th February 2013 GMB to lobby NHS Staff Council members of the trade union side on the 26th February asking that all NHS unions reject the proposals and stand united on the real attacks on the NHS |
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| GMB WELCOME BARKING AND DAGENHAM COUNCIL INTRODUCTION OF MINIMUM WAGE OF £9 AN HOUR FOR COUNCIL STAFF |
| 28 February 2013 This welcome news comes as London media is reporting that half of Londoners fear that they may be driven out by the sky high costs of housing in the capital and the poor wages many employers offer says GMB |
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| GMB ASBO PROTEST ON 13TH FEB AT AMAZON DONCASTER, GLENROTHES, GOUROCK, HEMEL HEMSTEAD, MILTON KEYNES, PETERBOROUGH, RUGELEY, SWANSEA AND SLOUGH OVER NOT PAYING TAX AND POOR CONDITIONS FOR STAFF |
| 12 February 2013 GMB want to bring Amazon to book so that they pay a living wage and to concede the rights of their employees to belong to GMB and have collective bargaining for pay and conditions |
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| 64 AREAS IN SOUTH EAST WHERE 237 BLACKLISTED WORKERS EITHER LIVED OR WORKED REVEALED AS GMB STEPS UP CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICE AND COMPENSATION |
| 12 February 2013 People have been deprived of an honest living through these illegal tactics which has blighted their families' lives and not a single company has yet been punished nor have any of them paid compensation says GMB |
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| DAMNING EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL JUDGEMENT ILLUSTRATES RACISM AT CAMDEN COUNCIL |
| 12 February 2013 GMB won undisclosed compensation for GMB member for the 'Direct Race Discrimination' suffered during Camden Council's recruitment and selection process at Environmental Services in May 2011 |
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| AREAS IN EASTERN REGION WHERE 103 BLACKLISTED WORKERS EITHER LIVED OR WORKED REVEALED AS GMB STEPS UP CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICE AND COMPENSATION |
| 12 February 2013 People have been deprived of an honest living through these illegal tactics which has blighted their families' lives and not a single company has yet been punished nor have any of them paid compensation says GMB |
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| AREAS IN LONDON WHERE 454 BLACKLISTED WORKERS EITHER LIVED OR WORKED REVEALED AS GMB STEPS UP CAMPAIGN FOR JUSTICE AND COMPENSATION |
| 12 February 2013 People have been deprived of an honest living through these illegal tactics which has blighted their families' lives and not a single company has yet been punished nor have any of them paid compensation says GMB |
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| GMB ACCUSE GOVERNMENT OF PUTTING LIVES AT RISK OVER CUTS IN NHS IN SOUTH LONDON |
| 12 February 2013 GMB calls on MP's to organize a binding vote in Parliament to stop the Secretary of State implementing these decisions as lives are being put significantly risk |
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| IMPORTANT ACTION REQUIRED TO SAVE OUR HOSPITALS |
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