GMB Northants News - GMB Northants Community Branch

Holocaust Memorial Day Corby 2024

19/1/2024

Corby Town Council will be holding a ticket only event - An Evening of Reflection to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2024

GMB Northants branch Secretary Alan Irwin will be speaking at the event.

Join Corby Town Council on Saturday 27th January 2024 in The Chambers, Corby Cube, NN17 1QG - more info here

Get free tickets to this event via the following link on Eventbrite:
Corby Town Council - Holocaust Memorial Day 2024 Tickets, Sat 27 Jan 2024 at 18:30 | Eventbrite

January 2024 Branch Meeting

19/1/2024

The next meeting of the GMB Northants Community Branch will be held on Thursday 25th January 2024, at 7.00pm on Zoom.

The Zoom meeting link will be on our WhatsApp Group, the monthly email newsletter and available on request from our Branch Secretary.

ALL GMB Northants branch members are invited to join the meeting

The January Agenda is here and the November 2023 Summary Minutes are here

Summary of Branch Meeting 301123

18/1/2024

The November meeting of the GMB Northants Community Branch took place on Thursday the 30th November 2023 at 7pm on Zoom

Below are the summary minutes of the meeting. A full copy of the minutes are sent to attendees and available on request from the branch secretary

A PDF copy of the November Summary Minutes are also here

Join the TUC March for the Right to Strike 27th Jan 2024

16/1/2024

Forty years ago – on 25th Jan 1984 - Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government attacked trade union rights at GCHQ. Union members were told to resign their membership or be sacked. After a long campaign marked by the fortitude of the workers and their families, and the solidarity of the whole movement, they were reinstated when an incoming Labour government repealed the ban.

Today, the government has passed laws that could restrict the right to strike for over five million workers.

On Saturday 27 Jan the TUC have arranged a rally to defend the right to strike.

TUC equality conferences 2024

15/1/2024

The nominations are still open for the TUC Disabled Workers & LGBT+ Workers TUC equality conferences.

If we have any members who would be interested in attending, please register their interest here

EMLU Wellingborough campaign day Feb 2024

8/1/2024

East Midlands Labour Unions (EMLU) are holding a Wellingborough campaign day as part of National TULO Campaign weekend, at 10AM on Sunday the 4th February 2024 at the Labour Campaign Centre, 6 Sheep Street, Wellingborough, Northants

What is Neurodiversity Webinar Jan 2024

8/1/2024

What is Neurodiversity?

Why should GMB Midlands reps know what the myths and realities are around this subject?

How can we make work better for neurodivergent workers?

2024 GMB Northants Branch Meeting Dates

5/1/2024

GMB Northants Community Branch holds monthly branch meetings on the last Thursday of the month, except for August and December.

2024 meeting dates of the GMB Northants Community Branch are below:

Thursday 25th January 2024 at 7pm
Thursday 29th February 2024 at 7pm
Thursday 28th March 2024 at 7pm
Thursday 25th April 2024 at 7pm
Thursday 30th May 2024 at 7pm
Thursday 27th June 2024 at 7pm
Thursday 25th July 2024 at 7pm
No meeting in August
Thursday 26th September 2024 at 7pm
Thursday 31st October 2024 at 7pm
Wednesday 27th November 2024 at 7pm (please note - changed from Thursday the 28th)
No meeting in December

Asda Kettering Christmas recruitment Day

1/1/2024

On the 22nd of December 2023 GMB Workplace Reps Neil and Lorraine held another recruitment day at Asda in Kettering and they put on a show as usual.

The day included a game called 'Guess the Name' of the penguin (a stuffed toy), where Neil & Lorraine created 100 names and GMB members got to pick a name for £1 a time, to give as a prize to the correct choice. On the day the total prize got to £50.

A picture of the winner with Neil and the £50 gift card is below, with other pictures of the successful recruitment day too.