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The Activist Issue 94 – April 2021 Jemma, Lisa and Lana theACTIVIST Issue 94 April 2021 GMB News From Around The Region In this issue… • British Gas update Photographer: Neil Terry • Dave Noble retires • Early votes sign-up BRITISH GAS ENGINEERS TO STRIKE ON APRIL 14, • 1 in 3 key workers on less than £10 an hour NEW DATE THEY FACE MASS SACKINGS • Workplace Covid GMB British Gas members will strike for the 43rd day on Wednesday, April 14 – the new date they exposure: Shocking face mass sackings if they don’t accept imposed pay cuts of 15 per cent and other changes. findings Engineers were sent termination letters this week by British Gas CEO, Chris O’Shea, informing them • GMB Asda victory they would be dismissed on 14 April rather than the original date of 1 April. No explanation was • GMB delivers for Hermes workers offered for the change in dates. • Mental Health Awareness Week: 10-16 May In July, British Gas announced engineers who refused to ‘voluntarily accept’ imposed 15 per cent • Take a look at the new cuts in pay rates and other changes affecting the time they spend with their families, would be GMB social care hub sacked. GMB members at British Gas have already taken 42 days of strike action against the pay • GMB helps tackle digital cuts and fire and rehire notices. In addition, an official national lockout dispute between British poverty Gas and GMB will become effective from 14 April and will include further strike action and action short of a strike. Justin Bowden, GMB National Secretary, said: “Sacking his own highly skilled, qualified and experienced workers on 14 April, because they would not submit to his reckless corporate bullying is the ultimate measure of failure from Mr O’Shea. There are no legal checks on this forcing of signatures under duress. The British Gas workforce are united in utter disgust and anger against the Centrica senior management team led by Mr O’Shea. This disgust and anger will be manifest across the country on 14 April. This dispute is far from over. It brings to mind the old adage that ‘any fool can start a war’. There is still time for Mr O’Shea to take the new date off the table.” THE ACTIVIST GMB - Grove Hall - 60 College Grove Road - Wakefield - WF1 3RN 0345 337 7777 www.gmbyorkshire.org.uk 1 THE ACTIVIST HAPPY RETIREMENT DAVE NOBLE EARLY VOTES SIGN-UP PAGE FOR TRADE UNIONS Getting as many people as possible signed up to vote by post is important for driving turnout in the May elections, it is also going to be the safest way to vote this year. The Labour UNION STALWART HANDS OVER THE Party has created an Early Votes sign-up page which makes it as easy as possible to get a postal vote. It allows voters to REINS AS HE STEPS INTO RETIREMENT print a completed postal vote form that they can sign and We finally say cheerio to long-serving GMB convenor send to their Local Authority. Dave Noble this week, following his retirement from Leeds City Council after nearly 47 years of service. It also provides a post-to-you option for people with no There wasn’t a dry eye in the house as GMB activists, printer access, so the completed form is posted (by the Labour Party) for a voter to sign and send to their Local staff and officers past and present paid tribute to Dave Authority. You’ll need to get cracking though as the postal during a 2-hour long Zoom meeting. In a video votes sign-up deadline is 20 April. Follow the link below to montage there were tributes from GMB Regional get the ball rolling: Secretary Neil Derrick, former GMB National Secretary, Brian Strutton, former GMB Deputy General Secretary Click here to sign-up Debbie Coulter and GMB Senior Organiser Desiree Risebury, plus many more. TUC: 1 IN 3 KEY WORKERS EARN LESS Dave has supported and guided countless officers and THAN £10 AN HOUR convenors over the years and his local authority Around one in three (33%) key workers earn less than £10 an knowledge is second to none. Respected by both hour according to a new analysis by the TUC, published this members and management alike, Dave will be sorely week. The analysis reveals that around 3.2 million key missed. He is referred to as the font of all Local workers are paid less than £10 an hour. This makes it harder Government knowledge, a members’ champion, but to pay bills and put food on the table, says the TUC. above all, a great ally and true friend. We can’t Key workers being paid less than £10 an hour include: celebrate Dave’s retirement in the usual way, but when • Retail workers: Three-quarters (75%) of retail workers are it is safe to do so, we will! Happy retirement Dave. paid less than £10 an hour. That’s around 1 million retail assistants, cashiers and shelf fillers. • Carers: More than three in five (62%) (440,000) carers earn under £10 an hour. • Teaching assistants: Nearly seven in 10 (69%) (340,000) teaching and education support assistants are paid less than £10 an hour. The TUC argues that all key workers deserve a ‘decent’ pay rise as they have been expected to continue to work throughout lockdown and local restrictions, during the height of the pandemic. The union body says that retail workers have been keeping essential shops going, often in conditions that don’t allow for proper social distancing. And care workers have been looking after some of the most vulnerable, and putting themselves at risk to do so. THE ACTIVIST GMB - Grove Hall - 60 College Grove Road - Wakefield - WF1 3RN 0345 337 7777 www.gmbyorkshire.org.uk 2 THE ACTIVIST MORE THAN 350 DEATHS AND 31,000 INFECTIONS LINKED TO COVID-19 EXPOSURE AT WORK More than 350 deaths and 31,000 infections have been linked to Covid-19 exposure at work, new Health and Safety Executive (HSE) figures reveal. The data, released in response to a GMB Freedom of Information request, shows that 31,000 suspected cases of occupational exposure to coronavirus were reported to the Health and Safety Executive between 10 April 2020 and 13 March 2021. 367 workers’ deaths were suspected to be linked to workplace exposure to the coronavirus during the same period. The figures likely underestimate the true extent of exposure and deaths among workers. GMB has called for urgent investment to make workplaces safe and full sick pay cover so that workers can afford to self-isolate. Health and social care workers accounted for the overwhelming majority of infections and deaths notified under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR). 70 per cent of occupational deaths, or 257 fatalities, were recorded for workers in this group. 2,134 staff infections and seven deaths that were linked to workplace exposure were also recorded in educational settings since the start of September, despite Ministers’ repeated assurances that schools and other educational establishments were safe. Occupational infections peaked in January at 5,710 and the highest monthly count of worker deaths (60) was recorded in February, according to the figures. 26,705 infections were reported in England since 10 April 2020, while 2,228 infections were reported in Wales and 2,447 were reported in Scotland. Northern Ireland is not covered by the figures. Reports of infections and deaths should be filed ‘where there is reasonable evidence that the worker was exposed because of their work,’ according to the HSE, which means that many infections that cannot be directly attributed to a person’s work will not be recorded. The HSE acknowledges that ‘RIDDOR suffers from under-reporting’ and that ‘it is likely that [COVID-19] disease reporting is lower’ than the true rate. Rehana Azam, GMB National Secretary, said: “No one should go to work in fear of their life. Each worker’s death was preventable, and the damning reality is that too many workplaces are still not safe. The fact that 70% of reported workers’ deaths are in the health and care sector should be a wake-up call, and sadly these figures are likely to be the tip of the iceberg. Two thousand infections and seven deaths in educational workplaces since September is the final proof that Ministers reopened schools before they were safe. “Across the country too many people still face insecure workplaces and inadequate PPE. Seven out of ten reported infections were since the start of the second wave, when the steps required to limit the spread of the virus were well understood. GMB calls on Ministers to urgently meet with unions, and for full sick pay cover to be provided to end the financial pressure that is leading to presenteeism and a greater spread of this terrible disease." THE ACTIVIST GMB - Grove Hall - 60 College Grove Road - Wakefield - WF1 3RN 0345 337 7777 www.gmbyorkshire.org.uk 3 THE ACTIVIST GMB AND HERMES AGREE FURTHER BENEFITS FOR SELF EMPLOYED PLUS COURIERS Around 20,000 couriers now have a real voice in their workplace and the right to take holidays and the right to guaranteed pay GMB and Hermes UK - the leading consumer delivery company - have announced they have concluded their annual negotiations which have resulted in further benefits for all self-employed plus (SE+) couriers. It follows the ground-breaking deal in 2019, the first of its kind designed to support the rights of self- Play video employed workers operating in the so called ‘gig economy’, which included paid holiday and guaranteed minimum payment rates for SE+ couriers GMB HAILS ‘MASSIVE VICTORY’ IN SUPREME and the ability for the GMB to secure further benefits COURT FOR 40,000 ASDA WORKERS ON EQUAL on their behalf.
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