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side meeting was scheduled for Friday 15 March at which GMB would seek to carry on negotiations with Local Government Employers and then put the final offer or offers to all three Trade Union’s members on the same basis. The Trade Unions had already achieved a number of concessions including stopping a cut in sick pay and should not risk losing these by taking Industrial Action unless we were sure that action would be successful. (ii) Living Wage Campaign Brian Strutton reported that since the campaign was launched in January 2013 fortyeight Councils in England and Wales were paying or had agreed to pay a Living Wage. All Councils in Scotland had agreed to pay a Living Wage. This campaign must be used as an organising platform. A full written report would be bought to the April CEC Meeting. The CEC were notified that Leicester City Council had agreed to pay the Living Wage, and an agreement was close in Nottingham Council, Leeds Council and Sheffield Council had adopted living wage levels and contractors were now being targeted, and Barking and Dagenham Council were implementing a £9.00 per hour living wage. (iii) Contractors Update Justin Bowden, National Officer reported that Enterprise was being sold by for a loss, by private equity company 3i, to Spanish giant Ferrovial who would merge it into Amey. GMB had a joint recognition agreement along with Unite and Ucatt. A GMB/Unite National Reps meeting was to be held later in March. Justin also reported that the Carillion pre-hearing review outcome was expected soon. One GMB shop steward had recently been dismissed and another offered redundancy under threat of disciplinary action. The blacklisting campaign continued to throw up surprises as GMB had uncovered at least 200 environmental and green activists were amongst the 3,213 people on the blacklist. The 200+ names included senior people from organisations such as Friends of the Earth, Sustrans and Greenpeace. The legal, media and public services sections were working carefully to develop this front and see whether the apparent links to a secret police unit and the security services could be established in relation to the blacklisting of these individuals. GMB's lawyers were exploring the possibility of including the blacklisted green activistss in the impending High Court action against Carillion on behalf of our construction workers. For both legal actions as many people as possible were needed to come forward. Reports suggested that the use of the public procurement process to blacklist the blacklisters from getting any more public contracts may be starting to have an effect and for that reason every part and level of the Union was asked to push this policy even harder. In response to comments the General Secretary stated that construction workers were on the blacklist, but journalists and solicitors were also appearing on the blacklist. Also activists who had opposed the Heathrow expansion or protested over the M11 Link Road or Twyford Down were on the list along with others active on environmental issues. The only conclusion that could be drawn was that names were 4
exchanged between security agencies. The Information Commissioners Office had only retrieved 10-15% of the material it could have done. No-one knows whose names were on the other 85-90% of the material nor where this matter will end up, but it has serious implications for civil rights and Trade Union rights. (iv) Social Care Sector Update Justin Bowden, National Officer reported that following the signing of the Recognition Agreement with Four Seasons a spheres of influence protocol had been agreed with Unison to give a 60/40 nationwide split of Homes. This package gave GMB "Lead Union" status in just under 300 Care Homes, Units and small Hospitals in Four Seasons, giving GMB direct access and organisation and recruitment rights over 18,000 staff. In addition the protocol with Unison also covered future acquisitions to give GMB a 60/40 split except where a prior recognition agreement was already in place. It was now full speed ahead in Four Seasons for Regions to get into the Homes and recruit and organise. Justin advised of concerns over the possible viability of HC-One where GMB had 4,500 members. HC-One had picked up 250 care homes from Southern Cross when it collapsed but occupancy levels were currently lower than when Southern Cross folded. Justin had written to the CEO of HC-One offering GMB's support and assistance 6. FINANCE & GENERAL PURPOSES COMMITTEE (a) Minutes of Finance & General Purposes Committee – 11 February 2013 Minutes Item 3 In response to a question on what Congress policy was in respect of affiliating to Unite against Fascism the General Secretary he was still trying to establish what this was and the position is still unclear. RESOLVED that the Minutes of the Meeting of the Finance & General Purposes held on 11 February 2013, be received. Matters dealt with Affiliations Donations Benefit Claims Industrial Action Action on Congress Decisions Contribution Income Budget 2013 Employment Matters VAT Property Matters (b) Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs Allan Wylie, Finance Director reported that Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) had begun inspecting GMB by visiting the National Admin Unit as part of a programme targeted on Trade Unions. They are particularly looking at expenses 5
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