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•Iran conflict. You may want to check your nearest best ‘fuel prices’. Also you can use ‘PetrolPrices’ online or via their App.

• Quick Note – November 2025 Budget changes – https://www.bishopfleming.co.uk/insights/autumn-budget-2025-summary-what-you-need-know

•Pension pot warning

•Pay Negotiations Update in News feed.

•Welcome Leigh Cleary our full time regional organiser

• Stealth Tax Petition

• GMB PPE Campaign

• Bank Cards Contactless Limit Lifted 19/3

• Social – Stalybridge Street Food Festival April to Nov

• Costco membership staff benefits

• Branch union membership handout/poster Handout v5

• Work cars tax reimbursement change

• Campaign Unsafe School Nursing

• Blue Light Card staff discount

• Eye safety

• Free Death Cover
• 1950’s WASP loss for their campaign continues.
• Report Fraud replaces Action Fraud-See Warnings
• Jess’s Rule for you at your GP practice
• Estate Planning
• Safety-Free full winter car checks at KwikFit
• Your Trade union legal firm UnionLine & Vauxhall Law Centre
• Pay-&-Conditions 26/27
• Health
• Raising Funds- for a Good Cause
• Employment Rights Act
• Schools – Funding & Nursing
• Praised Tameside Employees
• Retiring – Remain a union member one annual payment

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• Warnings – Deep Fakes AND EV car insurance AND Palantir access MHS Data AND Booking.com breach AND Dopamine Agonists drugs behaviour changes AND Gmail auto opt in AI function privacy issue AND 2026 Arsink Malware virus in Apps AND Email checker
• Events – Your vote on Pay AND Branch members meeting 27th May

Some Thoughts This Month For Us All:

Happy June –

•Child Safety work 1-7th •Global day of parents 1st •World Environment day 5th •International day of play 11th

•Trooping the colour Kings Birthday 13th •World Cup North America 14th/17/19/23/24/27th through to July

Formula One Starts 6th Ends Dec

•Formula One Grand Prix 5-7th/12-14th/26-28th through to Dec •Isle of Man TT ends 7th •Great Big Green week nature 6-14th

•National Writing day 24th •Father’s Day 21st •Summer Solstice Stonehenge The longest day of the year 21st •World Social Media Day 30th

•National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire Armed Forces weekend 27-28th •Royal Ascot 16-20th •Wimbledon Tennis 29th to 12th July •Glastonbury festival •Armed Forces day •GMB Congress 7-12th •TUC Midlands Black Activist Weekend 6-7th •TUC LGBT+ Conference 25-26th / Pride Month •TUC Formation Anniversary 2nd