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GMB Northants is proud to be supporting the Ambulance Workers Strike (Wednesday 11th January 2023) and visited picket lines in Kettering, Corby and Northampton to support our wonderful brothers and sisters on the picket line
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Our branch secretary: Alan Irwin recently visited Cuba and as part of that cultural visit he cycled over 400 kilometres down the West Coast towards Havana, raising much needed funds for a blind school and a local hospital. Alan will be reporting back to the branch on that visit, as promised and talk about the impact the USA embargo is having on the economy and the people. GMB Midlands have lots of exciting activity happening in their Regional Equality Networks and are holding a Regional Equality Conference taking place on the 16th January 2023 at GMB Union, Hillcrest House, Garth Street, Stoke-On-Trent ST1 2AB, between 9:30am & 4pm.
This will be a hybrid conference, so members can select whether they would like to attend via Teams or in person. This is from The United Nations and White Ribbons websites:
The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women will mark the launch of the United Nations UNiTE campaign (Nov 25- Dec 10) — an initiative of 16 days of activism concluding on the day that commemorates the International Human Rights Day (10 December). More information at https://www.un.org/en/observances/ending-violence-against-women-day GMB Northants Community Branch holds monthly branch meetings on the last Thursday of the month, except for in August and December.
2023 meeting dates of the GMB Northants Community Branch are below: The November meeting of the GMB Northants Community Branch is on Thursday the 24th November at 7pm on Zoom
The November Agenda is here and the October Summary Minutes are here The October 2022 branch meting of GMB Northants was on Thursday the 27th October 2022 and took place on zoom. Below are the summary minutes of the meeting. A full copy of the minutes are issued to attendees and are available on request from the branch secretary. A PDF file copy of the October Summary Minutes are also here. An important course that reps and activists are encouraged to attend.
Speaking Up is designed for people who want to improve their public speaking skills. It is ideal for prospective congress delegates, and also anyone who wants to get more involved in the union and be more confident communicating with and on behalf of members. GMB Midlands are running Speaking Up on the 29th & 30th November at the Leicester and Halesowen offices. Building up the confidence and skills base of our activists is central to building GMB lighting fires and making work better. More information about the course here and an application form is here The menopause is a workplace issue. There are over 40 symptoms of the menopause, for many women these symptoms have a significant impact on their working lives.
GMB activists up and down the country have been campaigning and representing members around the menopause as a workplace issue for many years. This has included preventing members being disadvantaged at work because of their symptoms and because of the stigma of discussing menopause at work. Find out more at gmb.org.uk/menopause |
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