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Amicus members are demonstrating for pensions justice at this year’s Labour Party Conference in Manchester on Tuesday 26^th September.

 

Please join us for a show of strength. The march will assemble at 11.30 a.m. at Castlefield, Manchester (off Liverpool Road) and walk across Deansgate towards Lower Mosley Street leading to a rally opposite the GMEX Conference Centre.  The demonstration is due to finish at 1.30 pm.

 

Amicus is fighting for members who have lost most, if not all, their hard earned savings when their companies went bust. Amicus is the union leading the Pensions Campaign. For more info visit our website:  http://www.amicustheunion.org/.  For further details on the demonstration please contact Brian Gallagher on 07957 995 947. A map of the route can be found on the following link http://www.amicustheunion.org/pdf/20060823115900927.pdf. You can also download a copy of the leaflet at: http://www.amicustheunion.org/default.aspx?page=4460.

 

Amicus members employed at Remploy factories across the country joined hundreds of protestors in Liverpool on Saturday 2^nd September to try to save their jobs following a government sponsored review to look at ways to cut costs.

 

Remploy is the UK’s biggest employer of disabled people with over 5,000 disabled workers in 82 factories nationally, including Aintree, Birkenhead and St. Helens.  Speakers at the protest included Amicus’ Deputy General Secretary and North West Regional Secretary, Graham Goddard, and Amicus National Officer, GMP Sector, Anne Field.  Pictures from the demo can be found on our website at: http://www.amicustheunion.org/Default.aspx?page=3978.

 

Amicus' Deputy General Secretary, Graham Goddard, said:

 

 

 

Joint unions campaigning to stop Remploy factories from closure are organising two Fringe Meeting’s at this year’s Labour Party Conference on September 26^th.

 

The meetings are being held at Palace 7, Palace Hotel, Oxford Road, Manchester M60 7HA from 1.00 – 2.00 p.m. and at Peterloo Room, Manchester Mechanics Institute from 6.30 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.  If you are interested in attending the Fringe meetings please contact Paul Finnegan at the Amicus Prestwich Office on 0161 798 8976.

 

Amicus in partnership with Union Learn are organising a Lifelong Learning event to look at higher level skills gaps and learning opportunities in the Finance Sector.

 

The Conference is being held on Friday 13 October at Haigh Hall Country Park, Haigh, Wigan commencing at 9.30 a.m. There will be a range of speakers and workshops on key issues such as developing young employees and high level qualifications for the sector.

 

The aim of the event is to look at skills development and opportunity for employees and how these can have a positive impact on organisations and individuals.  It will also look at how partnership working with union and management involvement can help to develop a learning culture within an organisation. We are, therefore, encouraging union representatives to bring along colleagues from their HR or Training Department which will provide an excellent opportunity to raise the profile of learning in the workplace.

 

For further details on the Conference please contact Helen Osgood, Kate Oultram or Javaid Aslam at the Prestwich Office on 0161 7988976.

 

Amicus kick started a recruitment drive this month at Lex, a vehicle leasing company owned by HBOS, by recruiting 48 new members including the potential of 3 new Amicus reps.

 

Amicus officials and representatives had the opportunity to walk around the site in Cheadle and speak to its 700 employees about the benefits of joining Amicus. Existing and new members who signed up throughout the week were entered into a free trade draw and Kathryn Wood a newly recruited member was the lucky winner of two tickets to see Kylie in concert at Manchester. A picture from the event can be found on our website at http://www.amicustheunion.org/Default.aspx?page=3978.

 

Amicus sponsored this year's Princes Park Event in Liverpool. This year marked the second stage of the journey during the Transatlantic Slave Trade, focusing on Maafa - a Kiswahili (Swahili) term for "Disaster" or "Terrible Occurrence".

 

An Amicus sponsored stall offered us the opportunity to engage with local people in the community and with a carnival parade proceeding through local streets, in the Granby Toxteth area Liverpool 8 leading into Princes Park, the event attracted thousands of people and was a brilliant place to get valuable feedback.

 

A picture by Sonia Bassey covering the festival is available on our website at http://www.amicustheunion.org/Default.aspx?page=3978.

 

North West Officer, Gary Owen, is running the Great North Run on Sunday 1 October in aid of MedEquip4Kids a NW regional charity that "helps children in and out of hospital."

 

Colleagues wishing to sponsor Gary can do so on-line at http://www.amicustheunion.org/edit51/www.justgiving.com/gowen.

 

Graham Goddard

 

 

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This bulletin has been produced by Karen Viquerat, if you have any comments please email Karen.Viquerat@amicustheunion.org or telephone on 01704 546 500.