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2017 January Fact Service Issue 2

25/1/2017

Please find attached the latest edition of the LRD Fact Service

Guide to contents:

Courier's tribunal win against CitySprint
TUC warns over Brexit threat to workers' rights
Lame excuses for not paying minimum wage
High street store fined over safety
Manufacturing output edges higher
Child poverty briefing

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2017 January Fact Service Issue 1

25/1/2017

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Please find attached the latest edition of the LRD Fact Service

Guide to contents:

'Precarious pay penalty' of zero-hours staff- also see TUC Report: https://www.tuc.org.uk/economic-issues/labour-market/living-edge
Plans for a Universal Basic Income (2016 Congress Policy)
2017 — economic forecasts for year
'Fat Cat Wednesday' has been and gone
Northern Ireland to reveal political gifts
UK's deficit in trade in goods gets ever worse
UK economic growth revised upwards

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Amazon Work with GMB to get temp workers a decent job

25/1/2017

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Work with GMB members in your temporary workforce to get a job guarantee contract that treats staff with respect and gives them security at work without the need to claim ‘in work’ benefits.

GMB - the trade union for Amazon staff - is campaigning with local communities, tax justice groups and Amazon staff to make sure the company makes its full contribution to rebuilding the UK economy - both by paying wages its staff can live on and by paying its taxes.

Read more and sign the GMB Petition here

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Protect Workers Rights From Brexit

25/1/2017

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Support the Workers' Rights (Maintenance of EU Standards) Bill.

Rights for working people in Britain have been hard-won, often the result of decades of pressure from the labour movement. Brexit gives the Government the opportunity to undo all that work.

Why is this important?

Workers' rights in this country have been hard-won, but Brexit now gives the Government the chance to strip workers in Britain of their protections and rights at work. We can't allow that to happen.

The Workers' Rights (Maintenance of EU Standards) Bill seeks to ensure that there is a floor of workers' rights below which no contract or employer can sink. This applies to rights such as protecting workers from redundancy if their company changes hands, health and safety rules and measures to protect employee representatives against detrimental treatment for carrying out their role.

Please sign to support this bill https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/protect-workers-rights-from-brexit and write to your MP to ask them to do the same. Draft letter here- http://www.melanieonn.co.uk/10_minute_rule

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January 2017 GMB Northants Branch Meeting

20/1/2017

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The next meeting of the GMB Northants Community Branch will be held on Wednesday, 25th of January 2017 at 7.00pm in the Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Lloyds Road, Corby

The Agenda is below and download the Agenda here and the Minutes of last meeting here

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Eleanor Marx Prize 2017 - nominations open

20/1/2017

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Who is Eleanor Marx? Watch to find out all about the inspirational woman who helped set up our union.

To coincide with her birthday today, GMB Union are launching our nominations for the Eleanor Marx Prize for the Most Inspirational Woman.

To nominate a GMB member who inspires you, please visit: www.gmb.org.uk/eleanormarxaward

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Respect ASOS workers

20/1/2017

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GMB Union have been campaigning over working conditions at ASOS's Barnsley Warehouse for over a year - calling on the company to treat its workers with respect, here is a video from GMB call Respect Asos Workers

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Summary of Branch Meeting 30.11.16

20/1/2017

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Below are the Minutes of the GMB Northants Branch Meeting that took place on the 30th November 2016 in Corby.

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Holocaust Commemoration 2017 Corby

20/1/2017

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Corby Borough Council are holding a Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration on Sunday 29th January 2017 at Corby Cube - all welcome

More information about the event here

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