17 February 2021
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GMB UNION SUPPORTING ANN O'BYRNE AS LABOUR CANDIDATE FOR LIVERPOOL MAYOR

Ann O'Byrne for Liverpool Mayor

Ann O’Byrne fits that bill and we fully believe she will make a huge difference to the way the city is run.

GMB union regional political officer, Neil Smith, is supporting Ann O’Byrne as Labour candidate for Liverpool Mayor.

As one of the biggest trade unions in the UK the GMB trade union can boast a positive impact on the lives of many working people. Our campaigns on employment rights, health and safety, Public services and the need for the most robust Covid safe conditions across the country are there to be shouted about and pursued robustly.

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4 February 2021
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23 December 2020
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GMB UNION WANTS TO PLAY BIG PART IN ACHIEVING A BETTER SOCIETY

GMB union political officer Christmas message

GMB trade union working with Labour for a better society

As a trade union tied into the traditions of the labour movement and an affiliate of the Labour Party the GMB union wants to play a big part in achieving a better society.

And as the UK prepares for a festive season such has never experienced before, people are facing uncertainty about so many things, but one thing most of us want is an end to the way this country is being run.

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4 November 2020
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FREE SCHOOL MEALS, HUNGER AND POLITICS

GMB union Free School Meals Campaign

We are fighting back as a union and are campaigning for example in Northern Ireland this week for the politicians to look at changing from provision of sandwiches to hot meals for school children in the province.

The Free School Meals Campaign. Hunger and GMB union politics

There has been a massive and welcome backlash against Tory intransigence over the issue of Free School Meals, with social media and much of the mainstream media questioning the decision to vote down a motion to provide for children in England during school holidays.

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19 October 2020
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FROM RED WRAGG TO JUST BULL

Neil Smith, GMB union Political Officer, union politics

The NRG members have, on more than one occasion, suggested that the government has fallen into that fatal trap of making national decisions based on a London-centric view with London data.

From Red Wragg to Just Bull

There is an old Chinese curse which says:” May you live in interesting times” and it applies to all of us right now. Interesting to say the least and strange in many ways as the Coronavirus comes back in a second wave and we are also being told “by the way prepare for a No Deal Brexit”, with all the mayhem and damage that will bring. Strange things are happening every day.

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5 October 2020
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COVID 19 BAME COMMUNITY AND THIS GOVERNMENT FAILINGS

GMB union says government is failing

Their most obvious failing has been anything and everything they do that is associated with the Coronavirus

Neil Smith, GMB union Political Officer says ''Government is obviously failing, on Covid 19 and BAME commmunity''

Let’s be honest we could not have a worse Prime Minister and government - maybe other than Donald Trump - in charge of our future.

They are guilty of so many failings, either through incompetence or their lack of care for the majority of people in this country. Their racism is obvious. - Just look at the Home Office approach to immigration and the Windrush scandal.
 

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28 September 2020
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STAND UP TO RACISM NORTH WEST REGIONAL ONLINE SUMMIT

Stand Up to Racism online summit

Sunday 4th October, 2.00pm - 5.00pm

STAND UP TO RACISM NORTH WEST REGIONAL ONLINE SUMMIT

Supported by GMB North West & Irish Region and others.

Speakers include: Neil Smith, Political Officer, GMB North West & Irish Region.

Sunday 4th October, 2.00pm - 5.00pm.

Workshops & Sessions include:

  • Covid-19, racism and resistance

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18 September 2020
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LIE TO GOVERNMENT IT IS A CRIME, THEY LIE TO US IT IS POLITICS

GMB union Politics Neil Smith regional political officer

We are currently at a major crossroads in the life of this government and the future of democracy.

If we lie to the government it’s a crime but when they Lie to us it it’s politics?

We are currently at a major crossroads in the life of this government and the future of democracy.

Telling Lies, law breaking and acting in bad faith are not good examples to offer up to society as a way to run a country. The knock on effect and the drive to the bottom is having and will continue to have serious implications for many parts of our nations and regions across the UK.

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1 September 2020
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MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH IS A CLASS ISSUE NEIL SMITH GMB UNION POLITICAL OFFICER

Death is a class issue, GMB union politics

Spending on things like health and social care is much lower here than in comparable European countries. This of course would be directly responsible for deaths, as well as mental health issues and addiction problems.

Neil Smith, GMB union political officer, believes that ‘’matter of life and death is a class issue’’.

We keep hearing that the pensionable age had to be raised because we are living longer. That might be the case in wealthier parts of the UK but not for those people living in the most deprived areas - some who can expect to die seven years earlier than their richer neighbours.

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17 August 2020
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