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Five first-time delegates share their
thoughts on Congress 2016!
Albert
Haynes
ST
MIDLAND & EAST COA
“It’s the knowledge that you gain from the
people, the officers particularly, and of
course Mary Turner – she’s a legend. It’s
meeting people from other regions and
other branches and talking about their ideas
and talking about yours.”
Mansfield Central branch member
Karen
Evans
WALES &
SOUTH WEST
very
“The domestic abuse motions were
was a bit
moving, and Tim Roache’s speech
ty
emotional. I hope the motions on uni
in Labour are taken on board. The
d
Conservatives are fighting like ma
t.”
and I hope we do something with tha
member
Denbighshire Composite branch
“I think it’s brilliant. Coming down her
e
I was anxious about being lost in it
all,
but I found that the rest of the reps
are
very helpful. It doesn’t matter where
you’re from – England, Scotland,
Ireland, whatever – everybody mixes
in and discusses everything.”
GMB Scotland member
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C
Hyman
SOUTHERN
ng from here,
“The things that I’m getti
B is doing, are so
and the things that GM
m is through the
amazing… My enthusias
u get inspiration
roof at this moment. Yo
the successes with
from other people, and
are amazing.”
things like blacklisting
L26 branch member
Wandsworth Council
Aafaq
Butt
YORKSHIRE &
NORTH DERBYSHIRE
“So far it’s been ab
solutely brilliant.
I’m
hearing about so
me of the things G
MB has
done historically,
from Eleanor Mar
x
to the
Suffragette movem
ent and about wom
en’s
rights. It’s all abou
t equalities – that
would
sum it up, really.”
BO5 Brighouse b
ranch member
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