GMB Magazine GMB25 Centre Point Summer 2016 | Page 3
In this issue…
Joe Morgan
and West
GMB Birmingham Secretary
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gi
Re
ds
Midlan
New speakers from Birmingham Region
at Congress 2016 – find out more on page 8
4 Save jobs at British Gas
18 Standing up for H&S
GMB calls on the government to save more
than 600 jobs at British Gas in Oldbury
Our health and safety protections are taking
body blows, and it’s time for us to fight back
6 Care home confusion
20 GMB financial report
New ownership is a big worry for staff and
residents at Heartlands Care Home in Yardley
Plus some pensions advice for GMB members
7 Emergency ballot!
It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3 with our special offer
23 Building a branch website
GMB members in the ambulance service are
standing up for their pay, terms and conditions.
Plus GMB fights cuts at Kidderminster academy
24 UNIONLINE
8 Our Region at Congress
25 Learn for free with GMB
All the Regional news from this year’s
successful Congress at Bournemouth
9 Congress report
Jeremy Corbyn, Blacklisting,
Hillsborough and more…
A whole raft of qualifications that GMB
members can study for
26 Political update
Plus our Golden Rules on beating
too-hot working conditions
28 Not lovin’ it!
11 Tim Roache
speaks
GMB members send a
message to McDonald’s
over low pay. Also, the latest
equalities news
Why trade unions are
a force for good
14 Tax dodgers
30 Notice board
Paul Routledge on tax
avoidance and the Tories
Liz Corbett wins long service
award, GMB sponsors youth
football, and more…
16 Pull-out map!
GMB members in every region
are keeping the UK’s power
stations up and running
On average
union members
are 16.7%
better paid
than nonmembers
GMB members’ own legal service
GMB
membership
covers you
wherever
you work
GMB’s victory against the
blacklisters page 12
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Welcome to
the summer
edition of
Centre Point.
By the time this magazine
arrives, members will know
the result of the referendum
on the European Union ‘in or
out’ question. Whatever the
outcome of the vote, members can rest
assured that GMB will continue to fight for
our members both in the workplace and also
in the wider communities. In (we hope) or out
will not detract from our primary function as
a trade union – and that is to make a positive
difference in the lives of our membership.
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